President's visit holds up fiat on shares buyback
Corporates will have to wait for a few days more for the ordinance on share buyback. The government on Wednesday forwarded the ordinance to president KR Narayanan, who is expected to sign it only after a couple of days as he is on a visit to Gujarat.

DCA move to shuffle inspection directors draws protest murmur
The Department of Company Affairs (DCA) under the ministry of law, justice and company affairs has, in an unexpected move transferred two regional directors and two directors of inspection and investigation (DII) on Monday.

RBI dumps Khan advice on regulator, set to inch towards universal banking
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rejected the SH Khan committee's recommendation for setting up a super-regulator to supervise and co-ordinate activities of multiple regulators in the financial sector.

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