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New Delhi, March 23 - Last year she was seen in just one film - Hollywood's "Pink Panther". But this year Aishwarya Rai has four films lined up for release - two southern projects "Ravana" and "Endhiran" as well as "Action Replay" and "Guzaarish", collectively costing over Rs. 300 crore (Rs. 3 billion).

Film:"Paathshaala"; Music Director: Hanif Shaikh; Lyricist: Hanif Sheikh; Singers: Salim Merchant, Vishal Dadlani, Lucky Ali, Tulsi Kumar, Hanif Sheikh and Kailash Kher; Rating:***

There is nothing over the top and experimental in the soundtrack of choreographer Ahmed Khan's first production venture "Paathshaala", but still the music appeals and is worth a hear.

The album of this Shahid Kapoor starrer offers six originals and four remixes.

The rising Canadian dollar would eventually impact the country's already wobbling manufacturing sector, a CIBC economist has said.

CIBC economist Avery Shenfeld said, "Let's not be blinded by near-term monthly gains in output into thinking that currency gains are no longer an albatross around the neck of Canada's factory sector."

With minimal debate, the Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines in Washington Monday to pass a 1,300-page financial reform bill to the full Senate.

The committee approved the bill that had failed to find bipartisan agreement in months of preliminary debates between Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and then with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who took over negotiations when talks with Shelby reached an impasse.

Climbing over $81 per barrel with the dollar index down 0.16 percent, Crude oil futures rebounded on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday.

Citing sufficient global supplies, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries held production quotas unchanged in a meeting in Vienna last week.

There was a sharp drop in prices over the weekend, finding a recent low at $78.57 per barrel. But April delivery, light, sweet crude futures added $2.72 to $81.29 per barrel.

Government officials have said that U. S. officials will examine executive compensation at 419 firms that received bailout funds during the financial crisis.

The review is required under a 2009 law creating the Treasury Department post of special master for executive compensation at companies receiving funds through the Troubled Assets Relief Program, passed in 2008.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Kenneth R. Feinberg, the special master, is expected to notify the firms in a letter Tuesday that his office will review compensation for a period of time that includes the 2008 end-of-year bonus season at most big institutions.