The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex closed the week strongly on account of strong global signals amid expectations of more sops and stimulus plans in the forthcoming interim budget to be declared on February 16.

Heavy buying activity seen across refinery, metal and bank stocks assisted Sensex to make a hefty gain of 210 points (up 2.31%) to end at 9300.86.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index rallied smartly and rose 1.43% and 1.05% respectively.

More and more filmmakers are putting their money in animation films. Good animation film fascinates both children and adults. Animation films like Hanuman and Lord Krishna fascinated everyone.

Yash Raj production house is all set to make its first animation feature film. The new animation film, directed by Jugal Hansraj will have voices of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor. More and more bollywood actors are giving voice-overs for animated characters.

Leading public sector bank, Punjab National Bank, formally launched the Global Credit Card, acceptable in over 29 million merchant establishments and one million ATMs in the world.

The gold credit card, launched by the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Friday, will also have access to e-commerce sites besides hosting features such as photo card and SMS alerts.

It seems that Rani's absence from silver screen is affecting her popularity graph. Recently she has given no big hit. It is a renowned fact that ruling stars of bollywood are also sought after for various ad campaigns.

When they get old or come down in popularity charts, they are replaced by younger and in-demand actors. Something like this happened with Rani Mukherji as well.

Asim Ghosh, Vodafone Essar chief executive would leave his post on March 31 after serving the company for over 10 years. However, he would serve in the Vodafone Essar's board as a non-executive member.

Marten Pieters, director on the board of Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular, will be appointed as new CEO of Vodafone Essar. He served as CEO of Celtel International BV, the second largest telecom operator of Africa, from August 2003 to January 2007.

Leading blue chip firm, IBM has made an offer to its retrenched workers in US and Canada to serve in developing markets such as India, China, Nigeria and Brazil. The company is also reported to be in favor of shifting its North American employees to Eastern Europe, sensing some better environment in these regions as compared to slowdown hit North American region.