* AUTOMOBILES: Toyota Motor Corp is considering offering the hybrid option on the Etios model in India .
* ENERGY: A Group of Ministers, headed by Finance Minister Chidambaram, has given a go-ahead to a bill that proposes setting up of a coal regulator.
* EXCHANGES: United Stock Exchange has cancelled the preferential rights enjoyed by some of its key shareholders, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, which has a 15% stake in the currency bourse. BSE to launch new technology that will allow execution of as many as 100,000 orders per second.
* INFRASTRUCTURE: Japan has pledged to invest heavily in bullet trains in India and has agreed to lend 71 bln yen in soft loans for the development of the underground third line of Mumbai metro.
* PRIVATE EQUITY: Private equity funds IL&FS and Kotak Private Equity are looking to exit Bengaluru-based machine tools maker BFW.
* RETAIL: The 51% FDI cap on multi-brand retail may include foreign portfolio investment, as the government is keen to ensure the restriction on foreign ownership is not breached.
* ENERGY: A Group of Ministers, headed by Finance Minister Chidambaram, has given a go-ahead to a bill that proposes setting up of a coal regulator.
* EXCHANGES: United Stock Exchange has cancelled the preferential rights enjoyed by some of its key shareholders, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, which has a 15% stake in the currency bourse. BSE to launch new technology that will allow execution of as many as 100,000 orders per second.
* INFRASTRUCTURE: Japan has pledged to invest heavily in bullet trains in India and has agreed to lend 71 bln yen in soft loans for the development of the underground third line of Mumbai metro.
* PRIVATE EQUITY: Private equity funds IL&FS and Kotak Private Equity are looking to exit Bengaluru-based machine tools maker BFW.
* RETAIL: The 51% FDI cap on multi-brand retail may include foreign portfolio investment, as the government is keen to ensure the restriction on foreign ownership is not breached.
