• DHL picks up 68 percent stake in Blue Dart
• GE sells 60 per cent of GECIS for $500 mn in India's biggest BPO deal
• Infosys may soon have majority foreign holding
• K Sera Sera plans to raise Rs 100 cr
• Orchid Chem looks at $1-b turnover
• Birla to focus on RMC plants
• HDFC-Barclays JV to double staff to 10,000
• Petronet India up for sale
• Govt makes serious bid to tackle coal shortage
• HPCL to shut ailing retail fuel outlets

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Infosys floats 16 million ARD's
• Flex witnesses large purchases
• Kajaria Ceramics up
• Spanco Tele System sees buying
• Sensex powers ahead
• Blue Dart stock price surge
• MFs' Oct returns take a hit
• FIIs pour in $6 bn into Indian stocks

• Alan Sheppard to head Dr Reddy's Europe generics business
• Two Indian rank among top 50 businesswomen
• StanChart India officials appointed to global positions

• Microsoft decides to settle anti-trust dispute
• Vodafone bets on 3G