Weekly roundup

COMPANIES

• Blackstone set to acquire HDFC-Barclays JV Intelenet for $200 million
• BSNL to slash international roaming rates to Rs70 a minute
• GM may hike capacity of Gujarat Halol plant
• Cynosure ties up with Chinese company to launch battery-run 3-wheeler, mobike
• Volvo India planning to make India an export base
• Midhani to expand melting capacity to 15 tonnes
• ONGC hopes to set up refinery in Kakinada
• BHP plans India debut
• Aluminium makers slash prices

• India 's GDP growth to touch 10 per cent this fiscal: FM
• Cut government ministries from 53 to 40: Assocham

• Blackstone may delay planned $33 billion flotation

• Oil price rise widens US trade deficit by $4.7 billion in Q1'07
• Huntsman acquires majority stake in Saudi polyurethane JV
• Delphi agrees to sell its Mexican brake plant, moves bankruptcy court
• French reactor builder Areva bids $2.5 billion for uranium explorer UraMin
• Celanese Corporation Completes Acquisition of Acetate Products Limited
• Celanese Completes Sale of Oxo Products and Derivatives Businesses
• Australia announces huge national broadband plan
• Microsoft to pick up stake worth $12 mln stake in China TV maker

• Anupam Dutta appointed new MD of Kellogg's India
• Vodafone chief Sarin gets an 18 per cent pay hike
• Arun Sarin gets fetter paycheck than Mittal