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About seven Tollywood films from the Telugu industry have already been churned out, and the scene is neither heart warming not fatal. While only two films have done well at the box-office, there are more which have got critical acclaim, but missed the commercial success.

Golconda High School was released recently to the praise of critics but unfortunately failed to click with the masses. Worse, Parama Veera Chakra with high hopes had released early in January, but flopped out. Graduate was on the same line as Parama Veer Chakra too.

Berlin, Jan 28 - Indian cinema fans in Europe are basking in the company of Khan after Khan and they can't believe their luck. First, it was Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan who spent three months in Berlin and now Aamir Khan arrives here early next month.

Aamir will be here as a member of the international jury of the 61st Berlinale that opens Feb 10.

Marico’s Q3FY11 numbers were in line with our expectations. Net sales grew a remarkable 22%, the highest in past 6-7 quarters. Growth (+15%) was largely volume driven on strong traction in international businesses. Consistent price increase led to slower volume growth for Parachute and Saffola that up only 5% and 13% respectively.

Price of key input, Copra, jumped by 62%, resulting in ~1,300bps dip in gross margins. However, lower other expenditure and slower growth in SG&A restricted the EBITDA margin decline at ~250bps. Lower taxes and depreciation enabled net profit to grow 12%.

Parachute and Saffola price increases lower volume growth

Technical analyst Anil Singhvi has maintained 'hold' rating on L I C Housing Finance Limited stock with targets of Rs 210-256-.

According to analyst, the investors can purchase the stock with a stop loss of Rs 172.

The stock of the company, on January 27, closed at Rs 184.80 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 299.30 and a low of Rs 142 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 18.40 and 9.64 respectively.

Net Sales increased by a mere 2.2% YoY to Rs3.8bn (as against our estimate of Rs4.2bn) due to decline in trading revenues from fertiliser segment. However, OPM expanded by 321bps to 21.8% due to lower cost of traded goods. Consequently Adj. net profit increased by 22.5% to Rs436mn (post adjustment of exceptional gain of Rs257.1mn arising from sale of surplus land in Q3FY10)

Steady growth in Chemical business:

Technical analyst Anil Singhvi maintained 'buy' rating on Bank of Baroda Limited stock with an intraday target of Rs 875.

According to analyst, the investors can buy the stock with a stop loss of Rs 835.

The stock of the company, on January 27, closed at Rs 844.25 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1050 and a low of Rs 525 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 97.06 and 8.62 respectively.