COMPANIES

• Cellcos to pamper big users with new freebies
• A-I to put retired pilots in cockpit
• Jindal strips Gung-ho on exports to China
• Pfizer to focus on sales tie-ups, acquisition
• Sundaram Clayton to up foundry capacity
• Air India cancels 37 Gulf flights
• Bacardi seeks Govt nod to cut export obligation
• Basic players seek 8-digit cell number
• Big expansion planned for Vizag Steel

GENERAL

• Drug makers ask govt to exempt bulk imports from registration
• Plan panel drafts priority agenda
• Inflation zooms to 6.47 per cent

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Surcharge of 10 per cent on large incomes to stay
• Hudco net zooms to Rs 265 crore
• NHB in four-way joint venture

CAPITAL MARKET

• Short-term, liquid funds see good inflows
• SEBI scraps age limit for listing authority post

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• American Air averts bankruptcy
• Iraqi official held
• US airline shareholders rebel against executives

PEOPLE

• Chowdhury new Midhani chief