The first 16-day phase for Tata Nano booking begins Thursday, April 9, and will close on April 24. With over 1,00,000 booking forms sold for the small wonder car - the 624-cc jelly-bean shaped Nano - in the past week, there will expectedly be a heavy rush for its booking too!
In spite of the heaviest booking amount ever charged in India for an automobile – Rs. 95,000 as upfront payment, or Rs.2,999, in case of getting it financed - dealers opine that at least 50 percent of people who bought the booking forms, costing Rs. 300 each, will likely book the Nano.
The manufacturer of cameras and digital imaging products – Nikon India yesterday declared that it is planning to expand the number of its retail stores, to enhance its presence in the Indian Market. The camera maker announced that it will hire around 200 salespersons to beef up its sales force, under its retail expansion plan in India. 
One of the largest technology companies in the world, Hewlett-Packard (HP) yesterday rolled out its ultra-thin-12.1-inch HP Pavilion dv2 notebook PC in India. The diminutive, “size zero notebook,” the HP Pavilion dv2 is just 1-inch thin and weighs mere 1.64 kgs, less than four pounds.
According to the Wednesday announcement from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the company’s year-on-year net profit figures for the fiscal ending March 2009 rose 5.56 percent, after deducting Rs. 1,400 crore for the employees’ wage revision in 2008-09.
Nirmal Bang has maintained its ‘Buy’ rating on Adlabs Films Limited to achieve a target between Rs 230-270 within 1-5 days.
Stock futures added 7.2 crore shares in open interest, OI on April 08, 2009 (Wednesday). In Nifty futures, FIIs remained net buyers to the tune of Rs 909.6 crore wherein Open Interest surged by 41,654 contracts. 
