Stocks in news: Hindalco, HUL, Bayer Crop, SBI, AP Paper

Here are stocks that are in news today:

AP Paper Mills open offer at Rs 544/share
-Open offer opens on May 26, closes on June 14th

L&T Finance Holdings
-Files draft papers for Rs 1,750 crore IPO
-May raise up to Rs 400 crore via pre-IPO placement
-Pre-IPO placement likely up to 60 million shares

Govt approves fresh cap on cotton yarn export
-Up to 845 m Kg of cotton yarn may be exported
CNBC-TV18 alert
-Cotton yarn export cap at 720 m Kg for FY11
-Fresh cap on cotton yarn proposed for FY12
-Textile Ministry writes to DGFT to this effect
CNBC-TV18 alert
-DGFT: Directorate General Of Foreign Trade
-Cotton yarn to continue under restricted category

SBI - sources say
-SBI extends special home loan scheme
-Scheme extended till RBI's monetary policy
-Scheme extended till SBI policy review, whichever sooner
-SBI continues with structure of special home loan scheme
-SBI disbursed Rs 29,000 crore under special schemes up to December '10

Finance Ministry sources say SEBI issues circular on corporate bonds
CNBC-TV18 alert
-Budget 2012 allowed FII investment in unlisted bonds
-FII limit in corporate bonds also raised in budget

Finance Ministry sources say
Special trading window for exchanges to ease FII trades
Trading window on same lines as for equity in companies
CNBC-TV18 alert
FII limit in corporate bonds at USD 20 billion

Other stocks and sectors that are in news today:
-SC hearing on 2G case today
-Kalpataru to acquire Bayer Cropscience 100 acre land in Thane with an initial amount of Rs 260 crore while the final price is yet to be decided (ET)
-Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Investments has invested Rs 893 crore in GMR Infra through convertible preference shares (ET)
-Tata Power commissions 120MW unit 5 at the Jojobera thermal power station in Jamshedpur: CNBC-TV18 Exclusive
-Kingfisher converts its 7.5% compulsorily convertible preference shares at Rs 64.48/share to reduce its debt by Rs 750 crore (ET)
-GCPL completes merger of GHPL with itself consolidating GCPL