• RIL wants EOU status for Jamnagar refinery
• Biocon to focus on research services business
• Irish co to invest Rs10,000 crore in 2000MW unit in Tamil Nadu
• Idea Cellular signs 10-yr deal with IBM
• AstraZeneca opens R&D center in Bangalore
• Wockhardt painkiller drug gets US FDA approval
• SAIL to get into cement manufacturing

• Rural poverty declines more than urban
• Oil ministry pushes for ethanol, bio-diesel imports
• International long-distance calls to become cheaper
• M.P. farmers prefer to sell wheat to private companies
• Defence personnel opt for corporate careers with help of XLRI

• Rupee moves up
• Bank unions call-off strike
• Kotak Mahindra plans to issue $45 million bonds to IFC
• IDBI Capital signs agreement with Oriental Bank

• NCC declares 40 pc interim dividend
• Suryajyoti raises $10 million
• LSE plans setting up trading platform for small units

• US Fed leaves interest rates steady
• UK Budget: corporate taxes cut, expenditure tightened

• Vijay Sheth re-appointed Great Offshore MD
• Wal-Mart grabs Reliance Retail's top execs