• Cement companies asked to bring down prices by Monday
• Rajshree completes acquisition of Trident Sugars
• OVL starts drilling in Iranian block
• Mauritius firms acquire stake in Assam Co
• MRTPC restrains Monsanto from charging Rs.900 for Bt cotton seeds
• Apollo Hospitals to raise $115mn through ADRs
• Lifestyle targets Rs.600-cr turnover
• Tata Motors to locate Rs.1 lakh car plant in WB

GENERAL

• Inflation rises to 3.59 per cent
• Industrial production growth down to 8 per cent
• Essential drugs not to come under patents
• Huge power shortage in Delhi: Shinde
• Planning Commission recommends setting up eleven more IITs

• Blue Star to split stock in 1:5 ratio
• DLF readies for IPO
• Unitech board approves 12:1 bonus

• US clears Mittal bid for Arcelor
• Oil rises above $73 a barrel
• Global pharma companies agree to phase out artemisinin medicines