• NDTV buys out Living Media's stake in Radio Today Broadcasting
• Tata Steel sales up 11 per cent
• M&M buys UK's auto forging co Stokes Group
• Tata Motors reports 11.4 percent higher sales in Dec.
• BSNL to invest in expansion of mobile network
• Job show to hit TV screens in February
• Sony Ericsson to open new outlets
• Rising steel prices may impact price of 'One lakh rupee car'
• Assam Co. signs MoU with DMS Exploration
• Tata--Star combine to offer DTH
• BSNL users spurt in Dec '05
• Tatas to invest Rs.13,000 crore in telecom
  

GENERAL

• Rural jobs scheme to become a reality on Feb. 2
• Weak states need to raise Tax-GDP to cut deficit: Rangarajan
• Demand for lead to rise, as car sales boom
• Traders say govt failed to honour commitments on VAT
• Government wants OVL to share more details on acquisitions
• Rs1 crore collection expected from phase II of FM radio
• Govt. against scrapping airport bid process
• China is leading exporter of textiles to India
• Railways perceive no threat from low cost domestic airlines

• Rupee appreciates sharply - bonds fall
• IndusInd bank expects Q3 net to fall
• The changing face of IDBI Bank
• ICWAI offers cost management system for BPOs
• KVB offers banking services through mobiles

MARKETS

• M&M Financial plans pref. issue
• Zenith Computers to make preferential allotment
• Jagran IPO expected this month
• PVR lists at Rs.260.35 on BSE
• Sebi puts four DSE stock brokers under suspension
• Sree Sakthi Paper Mills to raise Rs.25 crore

INTERNATIONAL

• International markets: US bourses rise for the second day
• Norwegian Group Aker buys Alstom shipyards
• Energy utility Sempra settles Californian energy crisis lawsuits

PEOPLE

• Prakash Karnik is exec. vice president at IDFC Private Equity