COMPANIES

• M&M charts global strategy
• Suzuki finds MUL's R&D unit as Asia hub
• Satyam employees exercise stock options
• Cipla gets reprieve in NPPA wrangle
• Reliance Infocomm to open 350 new stores
• IOC to invest Rs 1,100 crore in Tamil Nadu
• Amorettos to tap global markets
  

GENERAL

• Finance ministry considers NTPC divestment

BANKING AND FINANCE

• ICICI Bank sees Rs 689-crore block deal
• HSBC plans more investments in India
• Canara Bank launches loan scheme for women
• Bank of Baroda to pay 30% interim
• StanChart to launch second NBFC unit
• SBI launches trade finance solution
• Deutsche Bank unveils e-bills system
  

MARKETS

• FM assures steps to curb insider trading
• Sensex hits 44-month high
• ABN-Amro to launch mutual fund