COMPANIES

• Lupin enters herbal sector
• GE Shipping to acquire 10 new vessels
• IA slashes 50 per cent on select flights
• Bharti to connect 2,300 towns
• GAIL completes due diligence of Greater Calcutta Gas
• US equity firm invests $30 m in Sutherland
• HFCL gets MTNL order worth Rs. 250 crore
• Hutch offers two way global roaming from Delhi
• IBM India is top laptop vendor
• VIA Techs Nano-ITX motherboard
• Emami enters Europe
• ICI launches acrylic latex paints in Kerala
  

GENERAL

• Congress unveils six-point charter
• WEF-CII combine to battle tuberculosis
• Chamber for pharma R&D fund, biotech regulatory panel

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee up 8 paise
• ABN Amro offers 'World Citizen Banking'
• HDFC mulls entity for real estate
• LIC insures 2 crore individuals
• Union Bank ties up with ECGC
• SBT launches 'traders special'
• Co-operative banks can now trade on CCIL platform
  

MARKETS

• Sensex welcomes new week: Drops 78
• Reliance Capital picks up 5 per cent in Adlabs

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• BHEL sends first gas turbine generator to Libya
• HEC wins $220 million order in Iraq
• DRL files ANDA with USFDA

PEOPLE

• Madhucon chief quits after joining TDP