Stocks in news: Bharti, EIL, Aban, GVK, Jet, Aurobindo, ACC

Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan says -Planning to invite foreign companies for Navi Mumbai Airport project-Navi Mumbai airport's preliminary designs submitted to Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)-247 hectares of land yet to be acquired for Navi Mumbai Airport-Land acquisition to happen at same time as bidding process

CCI okays Etihad's 50.1 percent stake buy in Jet PrivilegeAlert: Jet Privilege is Jet Airways' loyalty business

Competition Commission of India (CCI)-Levies Rs 54.7 crore penalty on Escorts for cartelisation-Fines Escorts for rail spares supply cartel

Auto Expo 2014JLR CEO Ralph Speth to CNBC-TV18:-2013 was an exceptional year for company-Nobody in industry can achieve 20-30 percent growth rate every year-Ambitious about the road ahead-China has overtaken Europe-To produce 1st test car as part of JV with Chery

Auto Expo 2014: Rajiv Bajaj to CNBC-TV18-Sports bike segment in India currently at 20 lakh units-Will launch 2 new Discover motorcycles in next few months-U-Car has been positioned as an urban vehicle-U-Car still core to company's segment and brand positioning-Expect 2014 to be good year for company for local motorcycle sales

Telecom stocks in focus-Spectrum auction Day 3Department of Telecom says:-21 rounds of bidding completed at the end of day 3-Bidding took place in all sevices areas in both 1800MHz and 900MHzTotal value of auction so far at Rs 43,930.7 crore-Government to receive Rs 13,199.5 crore900 MHz:-Delhi price 59.5 percent higher than reserve price-Kolkata price 54.2 percent higher than reserve price-Mumbai price 71.7 percent higher than reserve price-Mumbai sees negative demand of 11 MHz-Delhi sees additional demand of 5 MHz-Kolkata sees negative demand of 7 MHz-71.7 percent of supply covered so far1800 MHz:-Excess demand seen in Assam, Bihar and West Bengal-Bid prices have risen for Assam, Gujarat, J&K, Bihar-Bid prices have risen for Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and UP (West)-Fresh demand seen in West Bengal, Punjab, Delhi-Fresh demand seen in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kolkata-71.3 percent of supply covered so far-Delhi bid price will cross Rs 600 crore when round 22 begins

BSES Rajdhani says-No current default in payments to NTPC against power supplies-NTPC not at risk of default for BSES Rajdhani payments-NTPC rejected plea & sought Letter of Credit (LCs) within 7 days-Sought Delhi government and NTPC co-operation to resolve matter

MCX to hold board meet tomorrow to discuss Forward Markets Commission (FMC) letterAlert: FMC directed Financial Technologies to reduce stake in MCX to 2 percent

CCI says prima facie, NMDC has not abused dominanceAlert: Karnataka steel body alleged NMDC was abusing dominance

Bharti Airtel announces new structure across Asia and AfricaBharti Airtel says-All operating countries to be clustered into four strategic business units (SBUs)-Leaders of all SBUs to report to MD, CEO-Africa w.e.f April 1

Ex-Dividend-Aarti Industries: Rs 1.25/share-Automotive Axle: Rs 2/share-Bank of Maharashtra: Rs 1.00/share-Cholamandalam Investment: Rs 2.50/share-Helios & Matheson: Rs 5.00/share-Jyothy Labs: Rs 1.00/share-Marico: Rs 1.00/share

Other stocks and sectors that are in news today:-Odisha mining case: Cabinet to consider Shah commission report today-NMDC keeps iron ore prices unchanged for February: Sources-Reliance Broadcast: Delisting offer to open on February 12, close on February 18-South Africa’s Vodacom says company is in advanced talks over purchase of Neotel unit from India's Tata: Reuters-PE Funds ICICI Ventures and Norwest looking to exit Shriram City Union: ET (they combined holds 10 percent stake)-Engineers India FPO opens today-Coromandel Engineering rights issue closes today

Power Grid Q3-Net profit at Rs 1,042 crore versus Rs 1,129 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 3,684.5 crore versus Rs 3,368.9 crore (YoY)-EBITDA at Rs 3,105 crore versus Rs 2,930 crore (YoY)-Operating margin at 84.3 percent versus 87 percent (YoY)

Cognizant Q4-Revenue at USD 2.36 billion versus USD 2.30 billion (QoQ)-Non-GAAP operating margin at 20.7 percent-GAAP net profit at USD 324.3 million versus USD 319.6 million (QoQ)-Non-GAAP EPS at USD 1.15 excluding items-GAAP EPS at USD 1.06

Cognizant in press conference says-See Q1CY14 revenue at around USD 2.42 billion-See CY14 revenue up by at least 16.5 percent-See CY14 revenue at around USD 10.3 billion-CY13 revenue up 20.4 percent at USD 8.84 billion (YoY)-Cognizant announces stock split in ratio of 2:1

Cognizant to CNBC-TV18-Been making investments ahead of the curve-Guidance is optimistic for 2014-Retail has done well in 2013; expect it to continue in 2014-Don't see significant change in demand-Don't see any significant shift in pricing

Timken Q3-Net profit at Rs 4.6 crore versus Rs 8.9 crore (YoY)-Net sales at Rs 172.3 crore versus Rs 173.3 crore (YoY)

Accelya Kale Q3-Consolidated net profit at Rs 20.3 crore versus Rs 20.9 crore (YoY)-Consolidated net sales at Rs 73.3 crore versus Rs 73.8 crore (YoY)

Blue Dart Q3 -Net profit at Rs 23 crore versus Rs 45 crore (YoY)-Net sales at Rs 505.4 crore versus Rs 458.3 crore (YoY)

Premier Q3-Net profit at Rs 1.8 crore versus Rs 8.7 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 23.9 crore versus Rs 60.1 crore (YoY)

Honeywell Automation Q3-Net profit at Rs 28.8 crore versus Rs 13.9 crore (QoQ)-Net sales at Rs 451.8 crore versus Rs 435.9 crore (QoQ)

Praj Industries Q3-Consolidated net profit at Rs 24.3 crore versus Rs 24.2 crore (YoY)-Consolidated net sales at Rs 269.1 crore versus Rs 233.9 crore (YoY)

GHCL Q3-Net profit at Rs 27 crore versus Rs 16.5 crore (YoY)-Net sales at Rs 545.1 crore versus Rs 483.9 crore (YoY)

US FDA says-US FDA commissioner Margaret A Hamburg to visit India in February-Commissioner’s visit to strengthen cooperation between US FDA and Indian regulators-Commissioner to visit Delhi, Cochin, Mumbai to meet policy, government leaders-Commissioner to meet regulators of food, medical products exported to US-Commissioner to meet industry leaders to discuss importance of maintaining high-quality standards in producing goods