Stocks in news:

• Board meetings:
  Gammon India board meet to consider issue of convertible warrants to promoters on preferential basis
  Classic Diamonds on FCCB/ADR/GDR issue
  IG Petro on preferential issue of warrants to banks & FIs
• Ex-rights:
  Nandan Exim 1:2 at Rs 3
• Ex-bonus:
  Mediaone Global at 5:1
• NSE F&O curb update
  New in curb: Gitanjali Gems, Oswal Chem, Nagar Fert, Parsvnath, IFCI, and Hotel Leela
  Already in curb: Bongaigaon, Adlabs, Balrampur Chini, GMR Infra, JP Hydro, Arvind Mills
  Out of curb: Rajesh Exports
  Total stocks in curb: 12
• New listing:
  Edelweiss Capital; to be part of NSE F&O; futures lot size 250 shares; options strike prices between Rs 220-1420
  Renaissance Jewellery
  First Custodian Fund to resume trading; base price Rs 40.45; circuit filter 5%
  Visagar Polytex to resume trading; base price Rs 122.61; circuit filter 5%
  Techno Forge to resume trading; base price Rs 11.30; circuit filter 5%
• Idea, Cairn India To Replace MTNL, HPCL In Nifty From
• BGR Energy IPO closes today; subscribed 12.73 times till now
• Transformers & Rectifiers IPO closes today; subscribed 4.27 times till now
• TV18-Infomedia deal
  TV18 Acquires Strategic Control Of Infomedia India; To Acquire Upto 53%
  TV18 To Acquire 40% stake From ICICI Venture & 20% Via Open Offer
  TV18 Acquires 40% Stake From ICICI Venture For Rs 178 Cr
  TV18 To Make open offer for 20% stake at Rs 237.08 per share
  TV18 Has option to acquire upto 13%; if open offer does not succeed
• Exclusive:
  United Phos In Race To Buy Australia's Nufarm: Sources
  United Phos-Nufarm Deal Could Be In The Range Of $2 Bn: Sources
  Deal To Include Debt Component Of Roughly $400 M: Sources
  ALERT: United Phos Management Says 'Cannot Comment On Mkt Speculation'
• L&T picks up 26 percent in Feedback Ventures for Rs 40 cr
• Kishore Biyani's Future group offers to acquire stake in UTV at a higher price than Walt Disney, offers as much as Rs 1500/sh as against Walt Disney's Rs 1250/sh, Biyani has denied the development - DNA
• ELI Lilly drops case against Sun Pharma over Gemzar - DNA
• The Hero group acquires UK's largest BPO Dalglen for Rs 320 cr - ET
• Tata Tele says
  Bharti's offer of Rs 2651 cr wipes away all that they have advocating as principle stand
  Bharti's offer was due to guilt conscious and a pittance against the gains that they make every year
  Bharti Reacts To Tata Tele & R Comm
  Detractors Should Make Market The True Battleground
  Unfortunate Our Detractors Are Taking Regulatory Route To Benefit
• Idea Cellular
  MD Sanjeev Aga Writes To Telecom Secy DS Mathur
  Asks DoT For Allotment Of 4.4 Mhz Of Addl GSM Spectrum
  Ready To Pay Rs 1,650 Cr As Fees For Addl Spectrum
• Bank of Rajasthan board approves increasing FII investment limit up to 49% & NRIs up to 24%
• Ramkrishna Forgings board approves issue of convertible warrants to promoters
• Tourism Finance board meet on Dec 19 to consider preferential / QIP issue
• Micro Tech to dilute 10-15% via pref issue; to expand retail outlets to 300 by March from 91 currently
• Kingfisher set to hire Jet's CEO Prock-Schauer as the new CEO of Kingfisher Airlnes - ET/BS
• Bidders for IFCI get fresh jolt, will have rights for only 2 board nominees and will not get Govt grant of Rs 1300 cr - BS
• Italian Co to acquire 60% stake in Nicco Corp industrial cables biz for Rs 130 cr
• FDI in GHC under security check, GHC is a holding co of GTL and GTL Infra, GHC plans to offload 49% stake to clutch of investors for Rs 560 cr - ET
• NDTV in talks with NBC to sell stake in UK subsidiary NDTV Networks - BS
• Phoenix Mills to list realty trust on Singapore exchange, initially to launch $300m offshore fund - BS
• Tata Steel
  Tata Steel and Ivory Coast mining co sign JV to develop iron ore deposits
  Says to use iron ore from Ivory Coast for Corus’ UK & Dutch plants
  Says iron ore deposit in Ivory Coast location one of the biggest in West Africa
• Arvind Chemicals board approves merger of Arvind Commodities with itself; swap ratio of 2 shares of Arvind Chemicals for 1 share of Arvind Commodities