COMPANIES

• Jain Granites gets Rs.9.65-cr worth of orders
• Pitti Laminations plans pref offer
• Tata's to locate Rs.1-lakh car plant in W Bengal
• ONGC approves Rs.950-cr investment in CBM blocks
• Bajaj Auto Finance plans rights offer
• Jindal Steel to restructure foreign loan portfolio
• Govt approves merger of MEL with SAIL
• HIL operationalises asbestos plant in UP
• Ranbaxy signs pact with European drug company
• Elder Pharma signs agreement with Swedish co
• Honda Siel to expand capacity
• IA projects profit of over Rs.100-cr
• TV18 plans to start shopping chain
• Micro Tech to launch auto safety software
• Surraaj Hotels plans to invest Rs.300-cr in luxury hotels
• Videocon group plans BPO outfit
• Starwood to double presence in China, India
• LGB to receive $20 mn from IFC

GENERAL

• Govt. abolishes cess on agri and marine product exports
• Southwest monsoon progressing well

• Chidambaram: Thursday's market crash "a manufactured crisis"
• BSE allows Prudential ICICI SPIcE to trade on the bourse
• HSBC Global Investment hikes stake in RCVL
• Sunstar Overseas gets approval for IPO
• Rathi Udyog's public offer price band set at Rs.50-55

• Nasdaq in longest losing streak since 1994
• Mittal ready to sell assets to gain regulatory approval
• Dell dumps Intel for AMD