COMPANIES

• Rs 407 crore Libyan order for Welspun Gujarat

• Busy year ahead for Engineers India

• BHEL bags 330 MW CCP project at Dholpur

• Hewitt Associates and Exult merge

• Bio-diesel plant to come up at Kakinada

• Ramco Industries to pay 75 per cent

• Hutchison in pact with Nokia for network equipment

• Acer unit sales up 200 per cent

• Rediff.com does a Yahoo

• CNN ties up for interactive contest

• Omega commemorates Apollo 11 launch

• Rs 80 crore order for BHEL from Oman
  

GENERAL

• UPA coordination committee to meet over budget
• First meet for India and Pak on nuclear CBMs
• Austria willing to fund Godavari irrigation projects
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• RBI checks rupee slide
• South Indian Bank rolls out RTGS operations
• RBI approval for IndusInd Bank and ALF merger
• IRDA suspends licence of Mass Insurance Brokers
  

MARKETS

• Sensex: Shrugging off the inertia
• Sundaram Mutual to launch 'Star Fund'

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• India invited to join transport aircraft project
• Tripoli offers equity in refineries

PEOPLE

• S.K. Munjal takes over as CII President
• O&M Creative Director quits