Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pushes for early completion of all formalities for implementing the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement.

The tie-up will support the UAE's telecom authority's mandate to encourage, promote and develop the telecommunications and IT industry across the region.

In a statement, Pfizer said it would buy out King for a share price of $14.25 apiece, representing a 40 per cent premium over the its closing price on October 11.

Notwithstanding the delays in ArcelorMittal's India projects, the steel baron has said he is still \"determined to participate\" in the country's steel industry.

Under the agreement, signed by Bermuda's PM and India's MoS for Revenue, both countries can share details on banking, ownership and past information in tax matters.

He says the agreements, which would safeguard investors' rights and boost bilateral trade and investment, would be finalised soon.

The Trade Policy Forum, the trade dialogue platformbetween the two countries, will be co-chaired by visiting Commerce andIndustry Minister Anand Sharma.

Ispat Industries jumped nearly 5 per cent on BSE, a day after the domestic steel maker entered into a stake sale deal with UK-based trading company Stemcor.

Ministry of Commerce makes case for allowing foreign firms in a joint venture to invest in India irrespective of the impact on the Indian partner.

Tata Steel on Monday surged nearly 4 per cent on its European arm Corus' deal with Thailand-based Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) to sell its Teesside Cast Products plant in the UK.

With air fares shooting up, frequent fliers are pooling in resources to travel privately. This not only helps them bypass the delays and hassles of a commercial airline, but they also end up saving more.

Apart from the M&A activity, which saw the birth of JetLite and Kingfisher Red, many carriers are signing agreements with regional players, like the GoAir-MDLR Airlines pact.

The border city of Punjab has for long attracted NRIs as tourists (Golden Temple being the main draw) and as investors in housing. The 2004 trade pact with Pak has added a new appeal.

Here is a look at people, places and products doing the round these days.

India's foreign trade is set to see a big jump with its free trade agreement (FTA) with ASEAN, the world's largest and covering a market of almost 1.8 billion consumers, coming into effect from January 1, 2010.

The swiftness and the savagery of the global downturn have caught business by surprise—the bigger the corporation, the bigger is the surprise. But few analysts expected Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Group to be hit. After seven years of a heady upcycle, Reliance Industries finds itself hemmed in a downturn that’s perhaps the worst ever since it went public 31 years ago. Suman Layak reports.

The teaming up of Kingfisher and Jet was the outcome of the extremely difficult times the Indian aviation industry is passing through. But, it raises fears of a monopoly. Has the deal created a cartel that will leave passengers in the lurch? If so, which regulatory body is entitled to look into all the aspects of the deal? We try to answer these questions.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

Just consider a recent example: A Union Bank of India ad (created by Mudra) shows a little girl who has lost a tooth, being consoled by her older brother. The ad drives home a message of dreams that are shared.

SBI, which has assets of over Rs 7 lakh crore, 57th in the list of the world’s Top 1,000 banks this year, by the UKbased banking publication The Banker. SBI was ranked 70th last year.