COMPANIES

• M&M steps into South Africa
• Avesthagen gets marketing rights for Benecol
• Kirloskar Brothers target Africa
• Essar Constructions combine bags pipeline contract
• Jindal Stainless launches subsidiary in Indonesia
• Tata and Godrej to join Haldia Petro board
• Tata Tele to invest Rs417 crore in Karnataka
• Blue Star Infotech net dips
• Philips launches new range of auto solutions
  

GENERAL

• Law: The tainted getting acquainted
• No decision on EPF rate
• ONGC asks for Rs 2,690 crore refund from the centre
• Delhi custom house agents' strike
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee weakens further
• Canara Bank Q1 net up 32 per cent
• LogicaCMG anti-money laundering tool for ING Vysya
  

MARKETS

• Markets: Wallowing in the wake of TCS
• FM likely to speak his mind on turnover tax today
• SEBI turns down issue of participatory notes for TCS IPO

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• US stocks close higher
• Open access to scientific and medical research
• MessageLabs: W32/Bagle.ai virus spreading in the wild
• Social Benefit entrepreneurs meet

PEOPLE

• Ashok Shinkar joins Pearl Organics as Director of Finance
• Bank of Baroda zonal head
• Director of IBM India passes away