COMPANIES

• Apollo Hospital ties up with Marconi
• Glaxo, SmithKline boards to finalise merger
• Lafarge plans new cement unit in West Bengal
• Borregaard in a sourcing deal with Hikal
• Tatas seek approval for creating SEZ in Gopalpur
• Fujitsu venture launches ACs
• Bhushan group’s steel plant in Maharashtra okayed

GENERAL

• FDI shoots 15 per cent to $4.5 billion
• NCAER revises GDP growth rate to 6.2%
• QRs may be reimposed for limited period
• FII funds too banned in print media

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sebi prohibits serial schemes of open-ended MFs

PEOPLE

• Mr. Venkat Subramanian new MD of Exim Bank