• Fortis to invest Rs1,200 crore in Rajasthan; set up medical institute
  
• UBS buys 1.6 per cent in Bank of Maharashtra for Rs33.4 crore
  
• Primus Retail acquires Weekender for Rs 95 crore
• SBI Life plans to broadbase its premium portfolio
  
• Bajaj Auto to close Akurdi plant, shift base to Waluj
  
• Rural electrification by NTPC
• ITT Corporation to set up Rs30-crore facility in tie up with Today's Petrotech
• Aditya Birla to foray into hypermarket retail in about 5 months
• Akshaye Khanna brand ambassador for Dinesh Mills
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre to collaborate with National Thermal Power Corporation on power projects
  
• TDSAT rejects BSNL's plea on additional revenue share
  
• Matrix to acquire residual holding in China's Mchem group

GENERAL

• Government weighs additional spectrum allocation on calls basis
  
• Government to offer over 70 blocks under NELP-VII; bids likely by April 2008
• RBI panel suggests easing of farm sector lending norms
• Air Transport Association clarifies on corporate jets paying for their use of FAA ATC services
• No data on of siphoning of funds by pharmaceutical companies: Minister
• CDMA operators favour number portability
• The proliferation of Chinese food: Yo! China plans expansion via different formats
• Villages electrified under Rajiv Gandhi Gram Vikas Yojana rises in 2006-07
• UP Government throws out organised retail: Reliance Fresh, Spencer's told to shut shop in UP
• TCL India to launch small home appliances
• Asian economies well placed to deal with current liquidity squeeze: Standard & Poor's
• One Chinese firm bids for Rampur hydro power project
• Emphasis on coal-based thermal power projects in Eleventh Plan
  
• Inflation rate up marginally to 4.10 per cent
  
• India, Japan to launch joint research programmes
  
• Government sees fiscal deficit at 3 per cent of GDP by 2008-'09

MARKETS

• Borse Dubai rapped over OMX offer

• Hunter drops defences, gives in to Metalmark
  
• Associated British Foods makes investment in China's beet sugar industry
  
• BAE Systems to refurbish weapons for US Navy
  
• Nanjing Automobiles' Chinese-made MG cars go on sale
  
• First Reserve feels the heat, sells Ohmstede to Emcor
  
• China's Baosteel in deal with CVRD to set up steel plant in Brazil
  
• iSoft plays hard-to-get after Compugroup bid, makes IBA Health hike offer
  
• Exit rights offering, Appaloosa tells Dana Corp
  
• Bank of China may take a $11.25 billion charge as three other Asian banks reveal subprime exposures
• Mitsubishi Motors launches Galant Fortis 1, a Lancer update
• Matsushita Battery agrees to cover direct costs for Nokia's recall of BL-5C batteries