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Khatta Meetha hasn't lived up to the expectations from the content perspective. What was being sold entirely as a comedy has turned out to be a semi-humor-semi-drama affair. Even that would have been acceptable had the film being an engrossing watch. However, the fact remains that this is yet another loosely put together film by Priyadarshan, something which was the case with his last release Bumm Bumm Bole as well.

The largest producer of the motorcycles across the world for the past nine years has surely been going through one of the best growth phases in the history of the company but its stock took a beating after the news of Honda divesting a 6% stake in the company hit the bourses.

It is to be mentioned here that the Japanese auto major holds a 6% stake in the two-wheeler major while the majority stake is being held by the Munjals.

Alright! `Bigg Boss 4' is slated for a year-end launch. Colors though have begun the hunt for a host and the inmates.

Pre-owned cars are surely the talk of the town for the past few months as a host of auto makers in the country, namely Toyota Kirloskar, Honda Siel, Hyundai Motors to General Motors India are expanding their pre-owned cars business to gain on the new cars sales via the exchange program.

It is to be mentioned here that Toyota Kirloskar is planning to sell almost 25-30% of its compact car Etios, which will be launched next year, through its used car outlets, Toyota You Trust. Moreover, players like GM India and Hyundai Motors India is also striving hard to expand its footprint in the used cars business.

Hyderabad-based SKS Microfinance, announced a price band of Rs. 850-995 for its upcoming Initial Public Offer (IPO) that will open for subscription on Wednesday, July, 28, 2010.

As reported by Business Standard, one of the leading dailies in the country, Vodafone Group Plc is mulling over its options to sell a minority stake of 4.39 per cent held by it in India's largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel.

At current market price the stake would fetch around $1.1 billion (Rs. 5,200 crore) to Vodafone.

Though Business Standard did not disclose its source for the information, it did mention that the move is a part of Vodafone's strategy to exit from the company's small ticket investments across the globe.