• Reliance Energy, NTPC talk to NPCIL for nuclear foray
• Electrotherm launches TMT steel reinforcement bars
• ONGC to restore output from Mumbai High
• Telephoto to acquire AGS properties
• Mazda initializes crystalliser system for NRC
• Ruchi Soya's GDRs raise $60 million
• TRF gets order from Bhilai Electric
• Punj Lloyd to raise $125 million through FCCBs
• Gail to pay ONGC-RIL-BG combine $4.6 per mbtu for PMT gas
• Tata group evinces interest in nuclear power plants
• Computer Associates out of TCG jt venture
• Airtel introduces 'All for One' broadband plan
• Telecom cos get 4 months extension for FDI compliance
• TCS to initiate branding exercise next fiscal
• 3i Infotech to issue FCCBs to raise $50 million
• AES announces $1.2billion investment plan in Chhattisgarh
• BSNL targets 6 crore new subscribers
• Neyveli Lignite to give 14 per cent dividend
• Rain Commodities acquires US firm
• RPG bags Rs110-crore order
• ONGC wants to acquire Cairns' Indian assets
  

GENERAL

• Bush: no protectionist measures against outsourcing
• AEC welcomes Indo-US deal
• Inflation up at 4.34 per cent
• Now a US consulate in Hyderabad
• Germany keen for increased business ties with India
• US CEOs put off by red tape and poor infrastructure
• FM invites more US investments; promises to hike FDI in insurance
• US talks of defence cooperation
• UK government offers easy money transfer facility for NRIs
• Draft pharma policy in two weeks
• TDSAT directs BSNL to pay Rs5 crore to Idea

• Forex reserves rise for fifth consecutive week
• Centurion Bank launches credit card
• Yes Bank raises Rs100 crore tier II capital from Rabobank
• Insurance sector in need of FDI: Lahiri
• Canara Bank ups deposit rates

• Shivalik Global to float IPO
• UTI Mutual Fund raises Rs2,100 crore from Leadership Fund
• Aegis Logistics to acquire stake in SCL
• SBI Blue Chip Fund raises Rs2,850 crore
• M&M's Tech, Holidays to enter capital markets
• Punj Lloyd to issue FCCBs

INTERNATIONAL

• US stocks fall on reports of sagging retail sales
• Spain wants more details on Mittal plan

PEOPLE

• Ashok Kumar Dubey is the new CMD of FCI