Jet Airways, India's largest private airline, will make a stopover in Brussels for its flights between Mumbai and New York.

Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest personal computer maker, has reported a 26 percent rise in first-quarter profits on surging sales of its notebook computers.

After Tata Steel acquired Corus in January, the next mega deals involving Indian companies are expected to be Vijay Mallya's United Breweries taking over whisky major Whyte & Mackay and Apollo Hospitals buying out a string of private hospitals in Britain.

Dell's founder, Michael Dell, who returned as chief executive few weeks back is wasting no time in making sweeping changes in senior management positions to get the PC maker back on track.

Washington -- The US-India Business Council (USIBC), made up of 230 of the largest US companies investing in India, has appointed a leading businessman on its board to deepen commercial and trade ties with New Delhi.

Honolulu -- There is continued concern in Washington that China's economic rise, and its relatively weak currency, could threaten the dominance of the US dollar over the next five to 10 years. However, this may not happen.

Tehran -- Iran Wednesday offered to host a trilateral summit to resolve the issue of pricing of gas to be supplied through the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline, but did not succeed in resolving a deadlock over the $22-billion LNG deal with India that was finalised two years ago.

Bangalore -- Colorado-based Jeppesen Inc, a subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, has entered into a tie-up with an Indian company in the area of international trip planning services.

Dhaka -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide $3 million to Bangladesh Wednesday to improve its governance practices in the capital market and insurance sector.

New Delhi -- A government ordinance that compels private broadcasters to share live feeds of exclusive national sports events with Prasar Bharati provides for a penalty up to Rs One crore (Rs 10 million) by defaulting media channels.