new delhi may 13 following are the top business stories at 1930 hours del19 bizldretailinflation retail inflation at 6month high of 292 pc in apr new delhi retail inflation inched up to a sixmonth high of 292 per cent in april due to a spike in food prices including vegetables meat fish and eggs according to the official data released monday dcm42 bizld itcchairman itc appoints sanjiv puri as chairman and managing director new delhi may 13 diversified itc group monday announced elevation of md sanjiv puri as the chairman and managing director of the firm two days after its longserving chairman y c deveshwar passed away del15 bizld stocks indices log 9th straight session fall financial stocks drag mumbai indian equities fell for the ninth session in a row on monday as investors fretted about health of nonbanking finance sector uschina trade tensions and uncertainty over poll outcome del14 bizrupeeclose rupee crashes to over 2month low on foreign fund outflows mumbai the rupee monday fell sharply by 59 paise to close at nearly twoandahalfmonthlow of 7051 against the us currency due to persistent foreign fund outflows and renewed worries over rising crude oil prices dcm33 bizld siamauto sales pv sales dip 17pc in april log steepest decline in nearly 8 yrs new delhi passenger vehicle sales in india dropped by 1707 per cent in april the steepest fall since october 2011 as weak customer sentiment led by liquidity crunch uncertainty revolving elections and high product prices hit sales dcm41 biznabard ldfund nabard announces rs 700cr vc fund for agri rural startups mumbai the national bank for agriculture and rural development nabard monday announced a rs 700crore venture capital fund for equity investments in agriculture and ruralfocused startups dcm49 biznclatarcelorscb arcelor paying rs 39500 cr for essar steel and not rs 42000 cr scb counsel kapil sibal new delhi the worlds largest steel maker arcelormittal is in effect paying rs 39500 crore and not rs 42000 crore for buying essar steel as the remaining sum is being adjusted towards outstanding of an associate business senior counsel kapil sibal monday alleged in the nclat dcm2 bizmastercard deduplication of indian consumer data to complete by yearend mastercard new delhi global payments giant mastercard has started to delete transactions data of indian consumers from usbased servers and saving the same in india from this month and expects to complete the deduplication exercise by this yearend a top official said ruj mr shw shw