E Class has maintained the standards set by Mercedes over the years. Due to constant innovation in the automobile industry some people may feel it is lacking in looks and new features. However, it is a great sedan for its build quality and passenger safety & comfort. It is excellent in rear seat comfort. This luxury car has many comfort features like thermotronic automatic climate control, multifunctional steering wheel, comfort fit seat belt, adjustable headrests, sunroof and sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors. Its safety features include Electronic Stability Program to avoid skidding, different advanced braking system like Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC), electro hydraulic brake system, airbags, window bags, front side bags, weight sensors, rain sensors and aero wipers. However, E Class has been surpassed by Audi A6 and BMW 5 Series in innovation.

After being out-classed by a ruthless Chennai Super Kings side, Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dav Whatmore conceded that his team have come up short in the IPL. Here’s more from the post-match media interaction:

Excerpts:

On the disappointing performance and what went wrong

Well it was disappointing. I guess we misread the pitch a little bit before the game and we didn’t score enough runs.

Misread the pitch in what way?

We picked four medium pacers and they picked two. I felt they probably knew a little bit more than us, that happens sometimes.

He has given us internationally acclaimed films like Elizabeth and Elizabeth - The Golden Age. While closer to home, he has enthralled the audience with films like Masoom, Mr. India, Bandit Queen. And now, once again, Kapur takes India to the centre stage after getting elected on the feature film jury of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.

The festival which spans the duration from May 12 to 23 will also have other internationally reckoned names along side Shekhar like Kate Beckinsale, Italian actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alberto Barbera, Frence author/ screenwriter and director Emmanuel Carrere, Benicio Del Toro, and Spanish director Victor Erice, while Tim Burton will preside over the jury for feature films at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.

With this, Shekhar will be the next in line following veteran actress and Censor Board Chief Sharmila Tagore who was on the jury last year and Aishwarya Rai who was part of the prestigious Cannes jury in 2003.

Integrated offshore oilfield services provider Great Offshore on Tuesday reported a marginal growth of 2.38 per cent in net profit to Rs 73.05 crore for the fourth quarter ended March, 2010.

The company had a net profit of Rs 71.35 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.

Total income of the company rose to Rs 278.52 crore for the March quarter, as compared to Rs 269.65 crore for the same period of the corresponding fiscal, Great Offshore said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

For the year ended March, 2010, the company posted a net profit of Rs 176.18 crore, compared to Rs 211.10 crore in the last fiscal.

Shares of Great Offshore today closed at Rs 418.55 on the BSE, up 1.42 per cent from its previous close.

India's third-largest private bank Axis Bank has again demonstrated its ability to grow at a faster pace than the industry, something which its investors have now become accustomed to.

During the fourth quarter, the bank reported a growth of 28% in its loan book, significantly higher than the rate of 17% clocked by the industry, after loan growth had slipped to 12.5% in the quarter-to-December ’09.

Throughout the first nine months of FY10, the bank’s loan growth kept on sliding. There was a sharp turnaround in the March ’10 quarter, as net accretion to the bank’s loan book was Rs 19,573 crore, compared to just Rs 3,726 crore in the previous quarter. The unprecedented growth was on account of a higher pick-up in demand for loans and one-off factors such as an increase in limit utilisation by a few corporates.