Highlights

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COMPANIES

• Softbank Fund to sell Sify stake
• Tata Chem to tap marketing synergies with HLCL Brand
• Jumbo awaits AAIFR nod to invest Rs 20 crore in Dunlop unit
• Tests show Aquafina meeting EU norms
• Aggregate net of 1,053 cos up 47.7 per cent in 9 months
• Aptech's Nishar may escape contempt of court charges
• Private equity funds eye stake in Hughes Soft
• Dainippon Ink hikes stake in Coates India to 61.4 per cent
• Padmini Tech restrained from selling assets
• It's a different ball game for Sahara
• Caraco Pharma sales likely to go up 56 pc
• Hero Honda inventory levels come down as sales pick up

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Lucent chairman Schacht may step down next week
• Donaldson to take over as SEC chief on Tuesday
• Deloitte names William Parrett global CEO
• US releases plan to bolster online defences

GENERAL

• CII Pegs 5.4 per cent growth
• Oil firms put off price hike
• Tokyo Summit fails
• Plastics import set to jump as intake may treble by 2010
• FM may raise I-T exemption limit to Rs 60k

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Euronet, IDBI Bank tie up to set up ATM network
• StanChart puts Grindlays building on the block, may fetch Rs 100 cr
• Fresh IRDA norms on referral pacts
• Insurance staff want mediclaim arbitrators to go
• Repo widening seen linked to call money curbs
• SBI to offer new foreign currency account

CAPITAL MARKET

• Markets may recover on Monday
• FIs crawl out of K10 stocks - Retail investors, who bought them, burn their fingers
• Crisil affirms `AAA' to NTC's Rs 200-cr bonds
• Punjab Tractors: Divestment to drive up