GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange are up 0.83percent, while the MSCI-Asia Pacific excluding Japan index gains 0.64 percent.* Asian shares regained a measure of stability on Friday,stepping further away from five-month lows after a strong nighton Wall Street and hopeful signs an upcoming crucial U.S. jobsreport will put to bed some of the global growthconcerns. * U.S. stocks posted their best day of the year on Thursdayafter a drop in applications for unemployment insurance boostedconfidence in the economy and Disney's results overshotexpectations. KEY FACTORS/EVENTS TO WATCH * Earnings on Friday: Jet Airways, Tata Power, Reliance Capital and RelianceCommunications * The government will release updated estimates for growthin the financial year to March 31 * India to sell 100 billion rupees of bonds on Feb. 7,India's central bank said. * India's bank lending and foreign reserves data * The Reserve Bank of India will conduct a 14-day variableterm repo for 390 billion rupees ($6.24 billion) on Friday, thecentral bank notified on Thursday. INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCHFor additional press items double click NOTE: Reuters has not verified third-party stories and does notvouch for their accuracy. Vodafone wins final India approval for $1.6 bln deal tofully own unit - India's IDBI upsets investors by seeking changes in bondterms - India extends reformist Sinha's term as market regulator-sources - India 900 Mhz band airwave price rises further in Delhi onday 4 of auction - India govt braces for likely lower growth forecast ahead ofelections - Volvo, Eicher JV to invest over 6 bln-10 bln rupees in India- Economic Times(http://link.reuters.com/mas66v) Anil Ambani led Reliance Group may sell stake in mediaventures - Mint(http://link.reuters.com/kas66v) India's Reliance Power Oct-Dec net nearly flat - India's Jubilant Life Sciences Oct-Dec net up over five fold- India's Reliance Infrastructure Oct-Dec net up 26.1 pct - India competition regulator imposes $10 mln fines on threeengineering companies - India's Ambuja Cements says Oct-Dec net profit up 49.3 pct - Mahindra, Ssangyong to launch jointly developed engine in2015 - India's Tata Motors sets up interim panel to overseeoperations - India's Aurobindo Pharma Ltd ARBN.NS says dec-qtr consol netsales 21.36 bln rupees - Balmer Lawrie acquires premier holidays operator VacationsExotica - Economic Times(http://link.reuters.com/jas66v) (Compiled by Manoj Rawal)
Swisscom posts steady Q1 profit, says Vodafone Italia deal on track
May 2 (Reuters) - Telecoms group Swisscom reported a slightly lower first-quarter core profit on Thursday, but beat market expectations, as business in its core Swiss and Italian markets continued to develop positively.
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