1. IBM won a 10-year deal to consolidate Bharti Airtel's IT operations across Africa into a single integrated system, expanding its existing relationship with Bharti Airtel in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. 2. The organizers of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi announced that the athletes village will have a soft opening on September 16th and will begin serving meals on September 13th. 3. Acer launched a special Ferrari-branded smartphone that was designed in collaboration with the automaker Ferrari.

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2. IBM to handle IT for Bharti Airtel's Africa operationsThe 10-year deal will involve IBM consolidating Airtel’s IT operations in Africa into one integrated system. The US firm also handles Bharti’s information technology requirements in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh under a 2004 deal, which is estimated to worth at least $3 billion. Bharti Airtel had invited bids for the deal in April-end, suggesting it is looking for a better deal than the one offered by IBM in India.

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMs8ymBC1n4Soft opening of Games Village on Sept 16The Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi today said that the soft opening of the Games Village will happen as scheduled on September 16.

4. The state-of-the-art Village kitchen has been installed and started functioning in the Residential Zone in the Village," ."The caterer, Delaware North, has already tested the equipment. The first meals will be served on Monday, September 13." Acer launches Ferrari special edition SmartphoneMultinational computer technology and electronics major Acer on Tuesday launched its new Liquid E Ferrari special edition Smartphone. Acer collaborated with sports car-maker Ferrari to design the Smartphone

5. Four funds eye Honda's stake in Hero Honda MotorsKKR & Co, TPG Capital, Carlyle Group and Bain Capital LLC are competing to acquire a part of Honda Motor Co's stake in India's biggest motorcycle maker, Hero Honda Motors.Two of the funds may jointly buy about 15 percent, valued at $1.1 billion in Hero Honda.Another 5 percent may be sold to the Munjal family, founders of the Hero group, the report said, citing two unidentified people. Honda

6. Hyundai eyes its second electric car in 2011It would launch its second pure electric car next year based on a small sports utility vehicle made by its affiliate Kia Motors. Plan to produce 2,000 electric vehicles based on Kia's upcoming cross utility vehicles (CUVs).

7. Kishore Biyani joins New York Fashion Advisory BoardFuture Group is a leading player in India's fashion industry doing a business of Rs 3,500 crore across brands every year. NYCEDC aims to develop the city's major business sectors by implementing policy and initiatives that address current issues faced by each industry, create jobs, and promote entrepreneurship and economic diversification.