• TCS enters into R&D pact with Stanford for data privacy
• Raymond to enter premium kids' wear segment
• Glenmark to begin trials of anti-obesity drug
• GlaxoSmithKline Q4 net profit up 79.34 pc
• Kavveri Telecom to buy Wi-Lan Inc. unit
• Telcos do a flip flop on lifetime tariffs
• Lifetime validity scheme: consumer groups want fee refund, penalty
• ADC collections cross Rs.8,000-cr
• Opto Circuits' subsidiary receives CE Mark
• Car sales rise 8 pc in Jan.
• TV 18 unit acquires stake in Channel 7
• Bennett Coleman & Co. to acquire 6 per cent stake in Sahara India
• GSK Pharma to focus on research, launch more products
  

GENERAL

• India as observer at Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan gas pipeline meet
• FDI in single brand retailing: Govt. notifies guidelines
• Centre to set up eight terminal markets
• Govt. mulling issuance of e-passports
• Survey: Temp jobs up 20 pc, salaries rise 15 pc

• Rupee declines
• Federal Bank wins banking tech awards
• Life insurance premiums up 51 pc in 9 months - ICICI Pru leads private pack
• HDFC Standard registers growth of 150 pc in April-Dec 2005
• ICICI Bank hikes benchmark PLR to 11.75 pc

MARKETS

• Maxwell to issue bonus shares
• IDFC gets 'AAA(ind)' rating from Fitch
• 1:1 bonus from KLG Systel
• Metaliks to issue 6.10 lakh shares to Flamingo Overseas
• GTL to allot shares
• M&M Financial to float IPO
• Union Bank to raise Rs.450-495-cr through second public issue
• SEBI bars BLB from giving stock advisory services
• Vishal Retail plans IPO by June-July

INTERNATIONAL

• World Trade Organisation rules tax benefits by U.S. illegal
• Black Rock and Merrill Lynch in talks for stake acquisition
• Gazprom denies plans to relinquish gas export monopoly
• Mobile operators to offer global IM service