• Tatas launch counter offensive on Birlas on Idea stakeholding
• Praj Industries signs pact with Aker Kvaerner
• Pfizer Q4 net up 23.62 per cent
• Lupin forms JV with Aspen Pharmacare
• Lupin to divest stake in Thailand arm for Rs4.75 crore
• Jet Airways offers online facility to trace missing baggage
• Punj Lloyd gets order worth Rs86 crore from Global Health
• LML considers inducting strategic partner
• Woodgreen Investment to acquire 4.26 per cent stake in Moser Baer
• Subex Systems to raise $10 million through GDRs
• Tessolve to start TAPP facility in India
• HCL Tech ties up with Cisco
• Moet Hennessy to introduce its whisky brands in India
• Man Industries gets British Gas nod
• Pepsi to focus on 'Montain Dew'
• Infosys gets award from Telstra

GENERAL

• Economy growth at 8.1 per cent
• Automobile export potential remains untapped
• Decline in poverty rate study may be incorrect
• Agri sector growth forecast at 2.3 per cent
• Labour reforms critical for growth
• Fuel cost ought to be passed on to users
• Telephone penetration can improve
• Social indicator rankings a cause for concern
• Bring down subsidy in postal services
• Power sector could cause a Rs300,000 crore loss to GDP
• Core sector growth down by 1.9 per cent
• Development of roads requires huge investment
• State PSUs losses should be cut: Survey
• SC tells Central government to form committee on soft drinks contents
• IT industry wants trade pact with US

• 'Increasing credit offtake to put pressure on interest rates'
• Bank of India to issue bonds to raise Rs200 crore
• BoI implements core banking solution in branches
• IPO scam claims more banks
• Federal Bank seeks RBI nod for 49 per cent FII limit

MARKETS

• Quota system in IPOs may go
• Mahindra Financial fixes IPO price at Rs200
• GVK lists at premium of 13 per cent
• Kirloskar Systems to acquire 7.18 stake in Kirloskar Oil engines
• JK Cement share priced at Rs148
• Government gets Rs1475 crore dividend from NTPC
• JK Paper gives interim dividend

INTERNATIONAL

• MS to offer 6 versions of Windows Vista
• Mittal Steel: opposition to Arcelor takeover bid reducing
• AskJeeves is now Ask.com

PEOPLE

• Poonam Gupta appointed VP-business development of NMCE