Evening News Round-up 8-May:

*El Nino may impact India’s GDP by 1.75%: Assocham

*Private sector activity in emerging mkts stagnate for 2nd mth:HSBC

*Barclays axes 19,000 jobs under revival plan

‘Putin’s point of view is to retain influence over Ukraine’

*Nissan to set up separate Datsun showrooms within 6-7 months

*Glencore appoints ex-BP boss Tony Hayward as chairman

*Nokia, NTT Docomo to research jointly on 5G technologies

*New govt, global macros to determine biz ahead: GPPL

*Stable govt could help revive consumer sentiment: Bajaj Fin

*Bonds trading dips 32.3% in capital markets in April

*RBI’s ‘shut period’ change to improve liquidity

*Optimistic on 2014 biz due to extremely good demand: KRBL

*Strand looking to raise $20 mn for expansion

*M&M owned Ssangyong hunts for new name

*Swamy moves EC against licence to AirAsia

*Shyam Telecom zooms 20% second day in a row

*Exide Life Insurance targets 10% growth in 2014-15

*HC agrees to hear plea against flying permit to AirAsia India

*Ritz Carlton ties up with Oberoi Realty for Mumbai project

*Info requests beyond tax pact cannot be entertained: Swiss govt

*Indian Hotels to open Dubai hotel this year

*Cipla Says Report on Teva Bid Baseless, Speculative

*SREI INFRASTRUCTURE TO OFFER 3-, 5-YEAR BONDS AT PUBLIC ISSUE

*JET AIR TRANSFERS FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAMME TO JET PRIVILAGE

*INDIA INCOME FUNDS POST FIRST OUTFLOWS OF 99.27B IN APR SINCE DECEMBER: AMFI

*INDIA POLL PANEL SAYS SENIOR LEADERS SHOULD SHOW MORE MATURITY

*RBI GANDHI: BANKS MUST PAY ATTENTION TO RISK GOVERNING ASPECTS

*RBI’S GANDHI: ASSET QUALITY OF BANKS MAY DETERIORATE IN FY14
*FM pitches for more investments to attain higher growth

*D-street jitters continue; Sensex up 20 points, Nifty ends flat at 6660; midcaps lose steam, FMCG drags

*HCL TECHNOLOGIES PARTNERS WITH LINKEDIN FOR APPLICATION

*ICICI Bank pips Infy as most popular stock among equity funds

*BHARAT FORGE GERMAN UNIT WINS CONTRACT

*TATA MOTORS UNIT TML ALLOTS $300M OF 5.75% NOTES DUE 2021