COMPANIES

• Tata Fin seeks investments from HDFC, IFC
• ASC Enterprises to acquire Procall
• Bajaj plans bike for world market
• Shaw Wallace signs pact with Kyndal International
• Wipro, Geometric in software deal
• BPL Mobile, ICICI Bank launch credit card
• Bank Muscat eyeing tie-up with Indian Bank
• Birlas not to pursue DPC investment
• Tata Tea to launch new brands
• Essar Oil to start drilling in Saurashtra offshore
• Dominos offers 3% stake to investors
• Gail offers to buy 50% stake in GSPL
• Burnol looks out for a buyer
• About 5,000 Palios sold
• Maruti debt doubles to Rs 1,112.1 crore
• Thermax disposes electronics arm
• Binny begins VRS payments
• Chhabria plans delisting of group firms
• Piramal recasts OTC business
• Coca-Cola to relaunch Rimzim
• GNFC declares 27 per cent dividend

GENERAL

• Nepal declares emergency
• Power Grid gets $450m WB loan
• Bhel commissions power project in Bangladesh

CAPITAL MARKET

• Market cap increases by Rs 1 trillion
• Private financing behind select IT stocks
• Sebi issues notice to Ketan

PEOPLE

• Marc Duale appointed Reuters Asia head
• L&T makes top-level changes