COMPANIES

• Reliance group buys up 8% stake in Emco
• ITC profit goes up 17% in Q3
• Century gets shareholders' nod for selling ships
• Maruti slashes Esteem Diesel price by Rs 38,000
• TPL, Al Zamil join hands for Saudi LAB project
• Crisil provisionally upgrades L&T
• Berger Paints okays 1:2 bonus issue
  

GENERAL

• Railway interim budget: fares, freight left unchanged

BANKING AND FINANCE

• IFCI merger with PNB gets board nod
• SBI net profit increases 16% in Q3
• IRDA likely to up ceiling on investment in mutual funds
  

MARKETS

• SEBI may relax public issue norms for PSUs
• Banks wait for RBI norms to foray into stock broking
• Bears dominate the bourses
• UTI Bank, Geojit join hands for Qatar trading platform

PEOPLE

• Ratan Tata is BS CEO of the year