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Kolkata: The public sector steel giant SAIL and the Korean steel major POSCO have formed a combined team to give a concrete shape to their recently declared coalition.

Ashwin Gada, dealer, Networth Stock Broking, said that on Friday, the stock market was flat, it closed down 25 points. It opened strongly but slipped into negative zone accompanying the imperfect Asian markets and also there were some rumours about promissory note that forced the market down. Volumes was very dry, there was not much buying seen at the stock exchange on Friday.

Mr. Gada anticipates the market to trade positive on Monday (Sept. 10). He is bullish on market persuasions and pointed out that, market may touch 16000 level by the closing of next week. He is optimistic on the pharmaceutical segment and commends Divis Laboratories for trading.

Kolkata: The projected new civil aviation plan, being inspected by a ministers group, is looking to magnetize $150 billion of investment in the aviation segment.

Praful Patel, aviation minister said, “We hope to attract around $150 billion — both in terms of hardware and software. In terms of infrastructure, our target is to have at least 500 airports both big and small, with a total fleet of around 1,000 commercial aircraft in the next five years and around 1,500 aircraft by 2020.”

Kolkata: DaimlerChrysler India managing director and CEO Wilfried G Aulbur, stated that the company will start making its high-tonnage Actros trucks at its subsisting plant at Chikhali, Pune by the end of this current fiscal (2007).

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has termed the United States as "weak" in his new video which has appeared after three years. Osama also vowed to increase Al-Qaeda activities in many parts of the world, especially in Iraq. CIA Director Mr. Michael Hayden warned recently about plans of large-scale attacks of Al-Qaeda on US targets.