Coal India (CIL) shares slumped over 5 per cent, following reports that the government may sell up to 10 per cent stake in the world's largest coal producer in 2013-14.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is India's most successful Test cricket captain. His 22nd victory as skipper, achieved in Hyderabad against Australia recently, took him past Sourav Ganguly's 21 victories

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It said economic pragmatism from the government despite an election year, possible monetary easing by RBI, likely turnaround in corporate earnings and recovery in global growth, among others, would help the market to rally.

Guruswamy Ganesh, Vice President and Country Manager, Freescale Semiconductor India, says though the government is trying to woo investors thorough the semiconductor policy 2012, enough attention is not being paid to the present system's coercive tax measures.

General Motors Co. earned $4.86 billion in 2012, down from a record $7.59 billion in 2011, Detroit News quoted GM as saying.

The MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) India index is being reconstituted and will see one deletion that of Maruti Suzuki with effect from February 28.

Digital entrepreneurs are developing a host of mobile-based value-added services for everything from entertainment to payments and advertising, which could potentially change the way millions use their mobile phones. Business Today looks at some digital firms which will be at the vanguard of this mobile revolution.

Motilal Oswal, Chairman, Motilal Oswal Financial Services says Chidambaram will take decisive steps in the budget to turn the economy around and create a more investment-friendly climate.

But the Chinese company's future success will hinge on how well its smartphones and tablets sell.

Struggling Nokia Corp turned a fourth-quarter net profit $270 million compared with a loss of $1 billion a year earlier, but revenue fell 20 per cent as it failed to make gains in the fiercely competitive smartphone market.

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Inflation numbers, due on the first trading day of the week, would set the market trend because expectations for a rate cut when the RBI meets on Jan 29 for monetary policy review would be formed accordingly. Besides, third quarter earnings will also determine the market's course.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon Ltd, and the face of India's flowering biotechnology industry, pulls no punches in this exclusive interview to Govindraj Ethiraj on the show Bottomline, aired on Headlines Today. Edited excerpts:

According to experts, any change in promoter holding is important from the investor's point of view. However, it should not be the only basis for investment decisions.

The BSE benchmark Sensex failed to hold on to mid-week gains and ended the week lower by 75 points at 19,242.00 due to tail-end selling from operators triggered by worries over the US budget issue.

The Sensex dropped by 211.92 points, or 1.09 per cent, to 19,242 led by realty, metal and healthcare sectors. The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty dropped by 68.70 points, or 1.16 per cent, to 5,847.70.

The repo rate, last reduced in April by 50 basis points, stays unchanged at 8 per cent. The cash reserve ratio stands at 4.25 per cent.

When the Reserve Bank of India meets on December 18 for its mid-quarter policy review, there will be expectations of a pause or a 25-basis-point cut in the cash reserve ratio.