• UB Group to invest US$5bn in Kingfisher Airlines
• CNPC and ONGC to bid jointly for Syrian O&G asset
• Reliance receives Golden Peacock Innovation award
• Ranbaxy starts exporting Tamiflu
• BHP Billiton in talks with SAIL for participation in Indonesia
• DoT to scale down BSNL's interconnect usage charges on MTNL
• Hyderabad to emerge as jewellery trading hub
• L&T to increase workforce
• GM to increase India workforce by 30 per cent
• HLL, P&G hike prices again as costs bite
• IBM Daksh all set to double headcount
• Phillip Morris sets up operations in India
  

GENERAL

• Chidambaram outlines six-point agenda for 8 per cent growth
• FICCI survey: Sales, investment, exports to see surge in next six months

• LIC group insurance business up 9 per cent
• Exim Bank to issue Samurai bonds to raise $200 million

MARKETS

• Sensex sniffs the 9000-mark - touches 8970.28 in early trades
• Peninsular Capital sets out expansion plans

INTERNATIONAL

• British Govt. launches 'profiteering' inquiry into gas companies operations
• Dubai Ports World poised to take over P&O
• Venezuela doubles sale of domestic bonds to US$3bn
• Report: Pension funds opting for hedge funds in a big way

PEOPLE

• Aziz Premji: In the job for the next five years