Raasi's BV Raju rules out truce with India Cements' Srinivas
A long-drawn legal battle appears inevitable in l'affaire Vishnu with the Raju family head BV Raju ruling out any possibility of a rapprochement with arch rival N Srinivasan of Indian Cements.

HSBC upgrades `Hexagon' to real-time transaction mode
HSBC on Wednesday announced the upgradation of its electronic banking interface, `Hexagon', to a real-time transaction one and will now offer corporates the ability to operate their time-deposits likewise.

Goldman Sachs public offer at $40-50 range
Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's last big private investment bank, on Tuesday laid out plans to end its 130-year-old private partnership and become a public company through a $3.45 billion offering of common stock.

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  Market-place briefing
  Maruti swerves past rivals in Feburuary sales surge on back
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  IBM to help Rajasthan set up school of business governance
  Apple offers some software code free to developers
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  In brief
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