COMPANIES

• Santro and Accent to cost more soon
• Godrej Soaps board approves demerger of FMCG business
• Telco’s Indica sales registers marginal growth in November
• Bharti Tele may buy stakes from Telia, British Telecom
• Bayer makes textile chemical sector foray

GENERAL

• ICICI Bank and Bank of Madura to merge
• Sebi to implement report on corporate governance
• ICRA pegs GDP growth at 6.5 per cent
• IDBI to bring down interest rate to 14 per cent

CAPITAL MARKET

• BSE Sensex gains 3.1 per cent over the week