COMPANIES

• IDBI's net profit up 87 per cent
• ACC to buy Etex stake in Eternit Everest
• Qualis to launch petrol version
• Apollo plans foray in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Bangladesh
• Pallonji group buys 9% more in Forbes
• Amtrex eyes Gulf market
• Ebony plans Rs 130-cr expansion
• Living Media to offload 15% in Thomson Press
• ICICI sells assets worth Rs 4,000 cr
• Tata Honeywell ties up with Seshasayee Paper
• BIFR okays sale of 3 Binny properties
• RPG to expand hypermarkets

GENERAL

• STD rates on mobile-to-mobile calls halved