• BSNL's mega tender now only for 42mn GSM lines
• IOC hopeful of stake divestment in ONGC and GAIL
• Jet to raise US$800-850mn in the next six months
• RPL to raise Rs.6,000 crore for Jamnagar refinery project
• ONGC's deepwater projects in K-G basin to start production by June
• Jetstar launches Bangalore- Singapore service from India
• Toyota workers call off strike — now conduct note becomes sticking point
  

GENERAL

• India extends US$392mn loan for power plant in Sudan
• PM: Lasting solutions for the power sector
• EGoM to broaden RFP parameters on modernization of airports

• Rupee firms up - securities flat
• RBI fines seven banks involved in IPO scam
• Vedanta Resources to issue US$725mn convertible bonds
• SBI Hyderabad launches new home loan product
• Canara Bank's Q3 net up 30 pc
• OBC net up 12 pc at Rs.143.42-cr
• State Bank of Mysore Q3 net up 15 pc at Rs.40-cr

MARKETS

• Geojit unveils online trading portal
• Kinetic Motors to make preferential allotment to Taiwanese co.
• Bank of Baroda fixes IPO price at Rs.230 a share
• Andhra Bank's issue subscribed 11 times
• GVK Power IPO on Feb.2

INTERNATIONAL

• Ford's "Way Forward" to eliminate about 30,000 jobs
• Livedoor chief arrested
• RIM appeal turned down by Supreme Court

PEOPLE

• V.A. Rao is new chief for ICSI Hyderabad chapter