Stocks in news:

• Results today:
  HDFC Bank, Canara Bank, Cent BoP, Dhanus Tech, Edelweiss Capital, Glenmark, Indiabulls Real Estate, Kotak Mah Bank, Neyveli Lignite, NIIT, ONGC, Religare Enterprises, Satyam, Titan Industries, Abhishek Industries, Allsec Technologies, Bharat Forge, Everest Kanto, Finolex Industries, Gujarat State Fertilizers, Honda Siel, Jindal Stainless, Jyothy Laboratories, RSWM, Shanthi Gears, Simplex Castings, Sterlite Technologies, Tanla Solutions, Tata Sponge and Madras Aluminium
• Sebi asks Heidelberg to acquire stake from Birlas at same price they bought it from public shareholders - BS
• Sugar update
  SC Quashes Allahabad HC Order On UP Cane Price Set Last Year: NW18 
  UP Mills To Now Clear Cane Arrears As Per SAP Of Rs 125/qtl: NW18 
  Alert: SC ruling pertains to cane arrears in FY07
• ICICI Bank board approves ICICI Sec IPO
• NSE F&O curb:
  Still in curb: Adlabs Films, Essar Oil, IVR Prime, Orchid Chem, Oswal Chem, Parsvnath, Rajesh Exports
  Out of curb: GMR Infra, IFCI, Ispat, RPL ((Total in curb: 7))
• Cords Cable IPO opens today; offer of 30.85 lakh shares, price band Rs 125-135
• Sterlite, Reliance Power Among 9 Cos Shortlisted For 1,980 MW Punjab Project: NW18
• LIC Housing Finance board approves:
  Issue of 50 lakh shares at Rs 410 on preferential basis to First Gulf Bank
  Issue of 34 lakh shares at Rs 410 on preferential basis to LIC of India
• Zenith Birla board meet on Jan 28 on 1:5 stock split, bonus issue
• Zen Technologies board approves
  Issue of 3.5 lakh convertible warrants at Rs 135 on preferential basis to promoters
  Issue of 4.5 lakh shares & 4.5 lakh convertible warrants at Rs 135 on preferential basis to Rakesh & Rekha Jhunjhunwala
• Mercator Lines board meet on Jan 28 to consider
  Issue of securities in international / domestic market
  Increase in FII investment limit
• Dhanus Technologies board meet to consider
  Issue of warrants on preferential basis to promoters
  Raising funds via FCCB / ECB
• Ex-split:
  Jindal Steel from Rs 5 to Re 1 ((goes into ND period, out on Jan 26)), Suzlon from Rs 10 to Rs 2 ((goes into ND period, out on Jan 26))
• M&M Financial board approves:
  Raising Rs 414.2 cr via preferential allotment of 1.09 cr shares to 2 private equity funds at Rs 380
• Jyoti Structures board approves:
  Issue of 76.05 lakh shares on preferential basis to foreign investors including FIIs
  Issue of 42 lakh convertible warrants on preferential basis to promoters
  FCCB issue up to $25 m
• Gujarat Alkalies board approves
  Setting up additional windmills capacity of 40 MW
  Setting up additional expansion projects & another captive power plant with capacity of 90 MW
  Expected cost of projects: Rs 1,100 cr
• Wockhardt board approves
  Demerger Of R&D Division, plans to list demerged unit
  Raising Up To $200 m
• Govt
  Issues Rs 11,300 Cr Worth Of Oil Bonds To Oil Mktg Cos
  Issues Rs 6,300 Cr Of Oil Bonds To Indian Oil, Rs 2,500 Cr To BPCL, Rs 2,400 Cr To HPCL
• ONGC to spend Rs 5713 cr to increase Mumbai High output-ET
• 5 bidders including Amerucan Tower, Essar and Caryle shortlisted in TTML tower stake sale-ET
• Heineken eyes stake in UB as Scottish & Newcastle enters into sell off talks-ET
• NDTV Imagine to be launched today
• VSNL in talks with 2 submarine cable consortiums for equity participation, plans to invest $100m - HT
• Carbon Credit set to debut on commodity exchanges - ET
• Wadias' group co Kalabakan Investments and Bombau Burmah Trading will buy Dannone's 25.1% stake in Britannia - ET
• Gulu Mirchandani ups offer prices to Rs 400 cr for 33% stake of brother Sonu's stake in Guviso - ET
• Binani Cement,a unit of Binani Ind is close to buying a cement unit in Dubai, board approves plans to raise $150m
• Motilal Oswal raise $125m in recent floated India Business Excellence Fund - BS
• SBI picks up 7.8% stake in Orissa based ARSS infra Project - BS
• Ruchi Soya to buy plantations in Indonesia, Malaysia - DNA
• ICICI Bank Q3
  Net Profit Up 35% At Rs 1,230 Cr~Vs Rs 910.9 Cr
  NII Up 32% At Rs 1,960 Cr Vs~Rs 1708.8 Cr
  Fee Income Up 33% At Rs 1785 Cr
• Idea Q3 (QoQ)
  Net Profit Up 7.46% from Rs 220.33 cr to Rs 236.77 cr
  Revenue Up 9.47% from Rs 1562.21 cr to Rs 1710.3 cr
• IFCI Q3 Standalone (YoY)
  Net Sales At Rs 574.40 Cr Vs Rs 361.66 Cr
  Net Profit At Rs 318.94 Cr Vs Rs 129.37 Cr
• Orbit Corp Q3 (QoQ)
  Net Sales At Rs 223.7 Cr Vs Rs 97.6 Cr
  Net Profit At Rs 55.1 Cr Vs Rs 39.9 Cr
• PFC QoQ
  Net Profit At Rs 320.5 Cr Vs Rs 282.2 Cr
  Net Sales At Rs 1292 Cr Vs Rs 1227 Cr
  Interest at Rs 807.55 Cr vs Rs 768.8 Cr 
  Tax Expense at Rs 150.27 Cr vs Rs 137.85 Cr
• Everonn Systems QoQ
  Net Profit At Rs 4 Cr Vs Rs 2.6 Cr
  Net Sales At Rs 29.1 Cr Vs Rs 22.7 Cr
  OPM at 20.4% Vs 19.3%
• Wockhardt Pharma YoY
  Net Profit At Rs 108.3 Cr Vs Rs 74 Cr
  Net Sales At Rs 738 Cr Vs Rs 438 Cr
  OPM at 21.9% Vs 19%
• Gujarat Alkalies YoY
  Net Profit At Rs 72.1 Cr Vs Rs 52.3 Cr 
  Net Sales At Rs 283.6 Cr Vs Rs 269.1 Cr
  OPM at 23.2% Vs 29.3% 
  Tax Expense at Rs 4.82 Cr vs Rs 21.66 Cr
• LIC Housing Finance YoY
  Net Profit At Rs 106 Cr Vs Rs 76.6 Cr
  Net Sales At Rs 534 Cr Vs Rs 396 Cr
• Shiv-Vani Oil YoY
  Net Profit At Rs 19.8 Cr Vs Rs 7.4 Cr 
  Net Sales At Rs 97.3 Cr Vs Rs 59.6 Cr
  OPM at 31.1% Vs 24.9%
• Ipca Labs Q3
  Net profit at Rs 38.3 cr Vs Rs 34.8 cr (YoY)
• Ultratech Q3FY08
  Net Sales up 9.7% at Rs 1,382.1 cr from Rs 1,260.5 cr
  Operating Profit up % at Rs 468.5 cr from Rs 380.2 cr
  Operating Profit Margins at 33.9% versus 30.2%
  Interest Cost Down 13.5% at Rs 17.4 cr from Rs 20.2 cr
  Net Profit up 31.5% at Rs 279.5 cr from Rs 212.5 cr
  EPS at Rs 22.44 versus Rs 17.07
• Gujarat NRE Coke Q3 FY08 YoY
  Net Sales up 39.1% at Rs 242.8 Cr Vs Rs 174.6 Cr
  OPM at 30.7 %  at 9.66%
  NPAT up at Rs 49.97 Cr Vs Rs 13.77 Cr