• ACC: Volume growth and higher realisations boost margins
• Chevron to acquire 5 per cent of Reliance Petroleum for Rs1,320 crore
• Blue Dart plans Rs25 crore on fleet and facility expansion
• TCG not to sell stake in Haldia Petro
• Delphi lines up $10-million investment in India
• GAIL signs MoU with energy infrastructure group
• BPCL opts for L&T-Provenco technology to enhance petrol station operations
• Aarti Drugs forms JV with Chinese co
• Eastern Silk places Rs50.50 crore with private equity with IL&FS
• Hindustan Zinc hikes price by Rs8,300
• Apollo Tyres to raise Rs 450 crore to fund expansion
• S Kumars Nationwide to raise $50 million to fund growth
• General Atlantic invests in Sharekhan
• Cipla raises $170 million from GDR issue
• LG Balakrishnan to make preferential allotment to IFC
• Rajesh Exports bags designer jewellery order from Sharjah
• Satyam & Optimation sign strategic partnership in New Zealand
• Elecon turnover up 60 pc at Rs 445 cr

GENERAL

• Industrial growth up at 8.8 per cent in Feb
• India's gem and jewellery exports up 6.32% in FY06
• Deloitte business plan likely choice for Chennai port

• NSE hikes exposure margins in cash, F&O
• Indian firms raise Rs.23,684-cr through equities in FY'06
• RPL listing on bourses likely in first half of May
• Global pvt equity firm to invest in Sharekhan
• Goldman Sachs picks up 5.39 pc stake in Himachal Futuristic
• DS Kulkarni to raise Rs.200-cr from composite issue

• US and Asian markets decline
• 2006, a year of challenges for global financial markets, says IMF report
• U.S. Feb. trade deficit falls 4.1% as gap with China narrows