• Tata Chem picks up Brunner Mond for Rs.508 crore
• Airtel offers a lifetime offer
• Ranbaxy patent litigation settled with Cephalon
• Zee Sports scores well on Test debut
• KK Birla not to shift sugar plants from Bihar
• Sasken loses case against 3G.com
• ONGC to pay Rs.25 interim dividend
• Aurobindo gets USFDA approval for Stavudine
• Ford to hike prices by 2.5 per cent from mid-Jan
• Hetero Drugs secures Roche sub-licence for Tamiflu
• ONGC proposes to double Assam production
• Nike is Indian cricket team's official kit sponsor
• NIIT gets Dataquest award
• Xenitis Group plans foray into satellite TV
• Xerox' market share in copier-based MFP rises
  

GENERAL

• CBDT chairman: FBT provisions to be softened
• Inflation dips on cheaper food, non-food items
  

• Rupee and bonds firm up
• Forex reserves surge by over US$1bn
• ABN-Amro signs up Euronet for ATM deployment

MARKETS

• Reliance F&O: NSE fixes Jan 18 as ex-date to adjust de-merger
• SEBI exempts Tata Ind. from making open offer for India Emerging Companies
• IPO closure: Ginni Filaments, Bartronics India, Educomp Solutions
  

INTERNATIONAL

• Microsoft faces daily fines in EU antitrust case
• IMF approves US$685mn loan for Iraq
• Tommy Hilfiger sells out for US$1.6bn
• Arcelor tops ThyssenKrupp's offer for Dofasco

PEOPLE

• Anil Kumar, appointed as COO of First Indian