• Rupee ends lower
• IDFC to hike lending rate
• Hiking FDI cap in insurance vital for attracting foreign investment: ABI
• ICICI Prudential against EET regime
• Bajaj Allianz to tap rural markets
• BOB to buy back entire NHB stake in housing arm
• Barclays to enter corporate banking with $70 million
  

• DoT says no plan to divest stake in BSNL
• Holcim not to revise open offer price for Gujarat Ambuja
• Fidelity Equity Fund announces 20 per cent dividend
• Sabre, Abraaj set up $250-million fund for Indian investments
• Nitco Tiles lists at 2 per cent premium
• Godawari Power IPO price fixed at Rs70-81
• Tantia Constructions IPO coming soon

INTERNATIONAL

• Volvo to manufacture S40 sedan in China
• Colgate to acquire 84-per cent stake in Tom's of Maine
• Google introduces financial news, data, blog site

PEOPLE

• TRAI chairman Pradip Baijal calls it a day
• Nripendra Misra is new TRAI chief
• Jaisu CMD receives award