Finance/Economic/Equity Alert

* CRISIL: Fuel prices and lack of efficiencies causing airlines' losses.
* Equity Alert: DLF may rise as co to mull share buyback today.
* Banks can't charge credit cardholders in excess of 30%: Court
* ICICI Bank mulling acquisitions
* Govt economic adviser says RBI job to tame inflation expectation.
* RBI says no change in assessment since last monetary action.
* DLF to buy back up to 22 mln shares for up to 600 rupees/share.
* India Jun car sales up 6% on year, motorcycles up 8%.
* Shrenuj and Co sees FY09 turnover growing 25-30%.
* Nucleus Software says hedged up to $40 mln as on Jun 30.
* Emperor Consultancy to buy 36% of Shyamal Holdings via open offer.
* Allied Digital buys 80.5% in US-based EnPointe Global for $30 mln.
* Era Infra to set up 1,200MW thermal power unit in Madhya Pradesh.
* Vakrangee Softwares gets order from Maharashtra's election office.
* Panacea Biotec vaccine for infectious diseases gets WHO approval.
* Axis PE Fund to invest 600 mln rupees in Vishwa Infra.
* Reliance Mutual floats 6-month debt plan; offer closes Fri