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IIM A completed 50 years of its operations on Saturday, and the students celebrated the occasion in style. They unveiled a new logo of ‘IIM 50 years’ by a series of 11000 dominoes falling in flat 3 minutes time. They aspire to enter the Limca book of records beating the current record of 7000 dominoes held by Microsoft India.

The year-long celebration of completing the 50 years of existence of this landmark institute set up by scientists Vikram Sarabhai. One of the senior members of the IIM A shared that 40 students in various groups had been working hard to get this record.

The share market has lost roughly 800 points in the last 5 trading sessions on account of various reasons, ranging from the reports of price rigging in some companies, to the LIC housing finance scam affecting real estate companies to the sell out by FIIs in the last week.

Most blue chip companies have shed down by 5-7 percent with 6 of the top 10 companies in India making a combined loss of market cap worth Rs. 42,791 crore.

The steel prices are likely to go up drastically after December this year. The advent of the New Year will see major steel companies raising the prices of steel.

The price hike is majorly being caused by iron and coal prices. The hike in these commodities will mean pressure on the steel prices which will eventually be hiked. The quantum of the hike is not yet decided but it most probably will be a decent hike as the hike in coal and iron or prices is substantial as well.

Luxury car major BMW has managed to post great sales figures across the globe this year and is very upbeat about its success. The company has its presence across the globe with 24 production houses in 13 countries and sales network in 140 countries.

BMW has tasted this super success after a long time with a tremendous dedicated team of committed professionals.

Sales volume of approximately 1.29 million automobiles is tremendous, and over 87,000 motorcycles for the 2009 financial year, has blown the competitors apart. Euro 50.68 billion was the final revenue of BMW.

Dhaka, Dec 12 - Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan enthralled a packed show in Dhaka, dancing to his hit numbers and also spoke snatches of Bangla. But the superstar did not campaign to make the Sundarbans mangrove forests one of the seven natural wonders of the world as the organisers claimed he would.

At the show, titled 'King Khan Live in Dhaka', the over 25,000-strong audience comprising mostly youngsters kept up a chant of "Shah Rukh", "Shah Rukh".

New Delhi, Dec 12 - He was the hassled host in "Bheja Fry" and the sinister paedophile in "Monsoon Wedding". Versatile actor-director Rajat Kapoor says he thrives on offbeat cinema and would rather do meaty roles in small budget films than small parts in big films.

"There's a lack of good roles in mainstream cinema. These small films give me meaty roles and this is what excites me. I would rather prefer to play a meaty role in a small film than a small part in a big budget film," Rajat, 49, told IANS in an interview.