• HCL strikes India's biggest ever outsourcing deal at US$335mn
• ONGC proposes new corporate structure for itself
• ONGC and Shell in tie up for oil exploration
• Competition Commission of India to acquire enhanced powers
• L&T Q3 net up 96 pc
• Taj GVK Hotels Q3 net up 104 pc
• NIIT Ltd Q3 net rises 14 pc
  

GENERAL

• Cabinet clears tax treaty with Saudi Arabia
• Govt. to inspect Clemenceau and submit report to SC
• AIR acquires broadcasting rights for Indo-Pak series

• Rupee range-bound — securities dip
• Kotak Mahindra Bank reports 71 per cent rise in Q3 net
• SBT net up marginally for nine months period
• ICICI Bank exercises green-shoe option
• BoB, Andhra Bank IPOs oversubscribed
• RBI to review bank audits post IPO scam

MARKETS

• IL&FS and Orix to launch a US$100mn pan-Asia fund
• Franklin Templeton suspends sales in Prima Fund for six months
• Chola MF launches its Contra Fund

INTERNATIONAL

• Disney seeking to restore glory with Pixar buyout
• Traditional photography takes another blow as Konica Minolta opts out
• Crude oil trading above US$67 as positions harden on Iran