FREE DAILY STOCKS ALERT: 18.09.2012

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* ALSTOM T&D INDIA : Alstom Holdings has made an open offer to acquire 26% shares of the company at 187.64 rupees a share.

* ASIAN OILFIELD SERVICES: Has received a 320-mln-rupee order from Geo Enpro Petroleum for seismic data acquisition and processing in an operational block.

* BANK OF BARODA : To raise around $200-mln loan with a two-year tenure.

* DECCAN CHRONICLE HOLDINGS: Bombay High Court has asked BCCI to maintain status quo on company's Indian Premier League team, Deccan Chargers, till next hearing on Sep 24, after the former suspended the team's contract.

* FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES: A Mauritian unit of Blackstone has raised its stake in the company to 6% through the open market.

* GVK POWER & INFRASTRUCTURE: To be replaced with in the FTSE IDFC India Infrastructure-30 index by PTC INDIA .

* HIMADRI CHEMICALS & INDUSTRIES: Plans to set up capacities in Egypt or similar strategically-placed geographies to serve developed markets in Europe .

* HOUSING DEVELOPMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE: Citigroup global Markets ( Mauritius ) has bought more than 4.2 mln shares of HDIL for over 330 mln rupees via the open market.

* IDBI BANK LTD: IDBI Bank plans to raise $500-mln loan via medium term notes.

* JINDAL STEEL & POWER: After spending three years at LARSEN & TOUBRO, Ravi Uppal to join JINDAL STEEL & POWER.

* JSW STEEL: Chairman Sajjan Jindal looking to buy coking coal assets in Australia and Canada to run his 14.3-mln-tn-per-annum steel facilities in Karnataka.

* KHODIYAR INDUSTRIES: RBI has restricted further purchase of the company's shares by non-residents or persons of Indian origin as such holdings have hit the trigger limit of 10%.

* KINGFISHER AIRLINES: Company's lenders want Kingfisher brands, other than the airline, to also be pledged as collateral.

* MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA: May look at buying one of Fiat's brands, if the Italian carmaker puts it up for sale.

* NATCO PHARMA: The Intellectual Property Appellate Board of Chennai dismisses Bayer's plea seeking stay on the Compulsory Licence issued to NATCO.

* RELIANCE INDUSTRIES: Has sought a three-fold rise in the Krishna-Godavari D6 gas price from Apr 1, 2014.

* SELAN EXPLORATION: Board has approved buy back of shares at up to 350 rupees each.

* SINTEX INDUSTRIES: Has received approval from its shareholders to raise up to $225 mln from overseas, and up to 6 bln rupees from the domestic market.

* STATE BANK OF INDIA : Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri has said there is indeed a downward bias in interest rates, which is "very supportive of growth."

* SUN PHARMA ADVANCED RESEARCH: The closing date for company's rights issue has been extended to Sep 21 from Sep 13. The issue opened on Sep 6.

* SUZLON ENERGY: Arm Repower Systems SA has added one more turbine to its 3-MW class of wind turbines, designed for sites with low wind speeds.

* TATA MOTORS: Group's total global sales rose 13% on year to 97,225 units in August.

* TECH MAHINDRA: Will buy a 51% stake in Bharti Group company Comviva Technologies for 2.6 bln rupees, subject to regulatory approvals. KPN Royal Dutch Telecom may replace BT as TECH MAHINDRA's largest customer in three-five years.

* TVS Srichakra: There has been no major loss in output at its Madurai plant after the Sep 15 fire. New plant will start operations Tuesday.

* UNITECH: A Gurgaon district court has dismissed the company's plea seeking restrain on Telenor from participating in the 2G spectrum auction without UNITECH.

* VAKRANGEE SOFTWARES: Promoter Vakrangee Holdings has further hiked its stake in the company to 21.45% from 20.97% earlier.

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