• HLL net profit up a robust 56 per cent
• Reliance Capital acquires minority stake in DTDC
• Orchid Chem gets USFDA approval for Cefoxitin
• Colour Chem acquires Chemtreat Composites
• United Phosphorus acquires firm in Netherlands
• SRL Ranbaxy starts diagnostic tests for bird flu
• Kumarmangalam to get Century Textiles and Enka: B K Birla
• IOC initiates sales of cross holdings in ONGC, GAIL
• BHEL receives large overseas contract
• Siemens may set up unit for telecom networking equipment: Maran
• Wockhardt Q4 net down 23.39 pc
• MBT to become Tech Mahindra
• IVRCL's orders rise by Rs.265-cr
• GE wants to supply plastic for Tata's Rs.1 lakh car
• VSNL acquires Teleglobe

GENERAL

• Exports grow 21 per cent in January
• Gross telecom user base at 131 million
• India Inc terms European resistance to Laxmi Mittal xenophobic
• Govt looking at options to bring down petro prices
• Air Sahara pilots to rejoin work after 3-day strike

• Rupee firms up
• IDBI Capital launches online portal
• IOB set to acquire Bharat Overseas Bank
• Allahabad Bank led non-life consortium plans Rs.200-cr seed capital
• Birla Sun Life, NIC tie up to offer insurance product for rural areas
• DCB plans IPO

MARKETS

• Sun TV to float IPO
• LIC offloads 2.18 pc stake in Dr Reddy's
• Sahara launches new fund
• K Sera Sera prices issue Rs.64-70 band
• Wockhardt to raise US$500mn
• Rel Cap Ventures to be listed this week
• Riddhi Siddhi to make Rs.42.12-cr pref. issue
• NRI group shows interest in ABCL

INTERNATIONAL

• Oil closes below US$60 a barrel for the first time this year
• US trade review talks of hauling China to the WTO
• European airlines offices raided on cartel charges
• US$7bn royalty relief for oil majors in the US

PEOPLE

• Xansa executive chairman, Saurabh Srivastava, to retire