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Stocks in news: ITC, L&T, Biocon, GSK Pharma, GVK, GMR, Berger

Tata Motors | Biocon | Berger Paints | GSK Pharma | GVK Power | GMR Infrastructure | Parsvnath Developers | Mphasis | Star Ferro | ESAB India | EIH | Coastal Corporation | FACT | Monsanto | TD Power | Chemfab Alkalies and Tube Investments are stocks, which are in the news today.

November 04, 2016 / 11:31 IST
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Here are stocks that are in news today:

Results today: Titan Company, United Breweries, CARE, Union Bank Of India, Gati, Max Financial, Sharda Cropchem, Automobile Corporation of Goa, EIH Associated Hotels, Jindal Saw, KCP Sugar, Ludlow Jute, Munjal Auto Industries, Neuland Laboratories, Seshasayee Paper, Transport Corporation of India, TRF, UCAL Fuel Systems

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GST Panel fixes rates at 5 percent, 12 percent, 18 percent & 28 percentFinance Minister Arun Jaitley says-Cross empowerment issue to be taken up today-Zero tax rate for several items constituting 50 percent of CPI basket-There will be 2 standard rates of 12 percent & 18 percent-Second category decided as 5 percent rate slab-Present rate of tax for most white goods at 30-31 percent-Most white goods to be now taxed at 28 percent but with riders-Additional revenue from 28 percent slab will be used for other slabs-5 percent GST rate on items of mass consumption-Transferring several items to 18 percent GST rate from 28 percent now-Aerated drinks, pan masala, luxury cars, tobacco (ITC, VST Industries, Godfrey Phillips in focus) to be taxed at higher than 28 percent-GST panel approves cess on tobacco products, luxury & sin items-Cess on sin goods & energy cess will be added to compensation pool-Need to pay Rs 50,000 crore as compensation in 1st year of GST-Cess won't be additional charges but existing ones-Decision on GST rate on gold will be taken later-Council to decide on flexibility of the compensation pool after 5 years-Cess will be reviewed on a year to year basis-Broadly trying to take GST rate structure to revenue neutrality-All decisions taken with consensus-Scrapped proposed 40 percent GST slab-A single GST rate would be highly inflationary-Secretaries’ committee will meet to decide item wise rate slabs-Cess to be difference between 28 percent & tax applicable on sin goods now

SUUTI Holdings expected to sell around 1.5 percent-3 percent stake in L&T via block deal-Citi, Morgan Stanley, ICICI Securities investment bankers to SUUTI's L&T stake sale-L&T shares worth Rs 4,000 crore expected to be sold by SUUTI Holdings-L&T block deal floor price set at Rs 1,415.66/share