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Stock market analyst Deepak Singh has maintained 'buy' rating on Aptech Ltd stock to achieve a target of Rs 150.

According to analyst, the investors can buy the stock stop loss of Rs 135.

The stock of the company, on July 07, closed at Rs 139.55 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 296 and a low of Rs 116.20 on BSE. It plans to add 150 franchise centres in the country and overseas in the coming 12 months.

Current EPS is -3.85.

According to official reports, lawyers for British newspaper tycoon Conrad Black have asked for his release from a U. S. prison while his appeal is heard.

The Canadian newspaper National Post has reported that a recent Supreme Court ruling set aside three "honest services" fraud counts, returning the case to a lower court for reconsideration. An obstruction of justice conviction remains in place. But Washington lawyer Miguel Estrada argued in a brief that Black could end up spending more time behind bars than his eventual sentence if he is not freed.

It has been reported that the northeastern United States endured record temperatures on Wednesday and weather forecasters disagreed on whether relief may start to arrive before the weekend.

Excessive heat is likely to remain in place in the region on Thursday, said the National Weather Service. However, two weather developments appeared set to begin moderating high temperatures on Thursday, Accuweather. com has said.

Stock market analyst Mileen Vasudeo is of the view that investors can hold Bharti Airtel with targets of Rs 300 and 325 on crossing its resistance of Rs 288.

According to analyst, the interested investors can buy the stock on declines.

Today, the shares of the company opened at Rs 280 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 467 and a low of Rs 257 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 24.39 and 11.45 respectively.

Efforts to hook up another system to help control the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico were progressing, U. S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said on Wednesday.

It has been reported that Allen, the national incident commander, made a trip to the recovery rigs in the gulf to "get a sense of how we're doing" getting the third rig, the Helix Producer, up and running.

According to the reports, three publishers of business directories have been charged in Atlanta with cheating customers who thought they were buying ads in the telephone Yellow Pages.