• SABMiller, Molson Coors merging US brewery operations
• Google SMS launched in India
• Zenotech to boost Ranbaxy''s presence in generic biopharmaceuticals
• Air Arabia connects Bangalore and Sharjah
• Raj TV plans to launch a 24x7 news channel
• Four Seasons hotel eyes Goa, Hyderabad
• Amway India launches TV campaign
• Sony betting on LCD TVs to drive festive sales
• Reliance to market and distribute Apple products in India
• HDFC increases stake in HDFC Asset Management Company from Standard Life Investments
• L&T receives Rs693-crore order from Indian Oil Corporation
• Air Deccan set to receive last tranche of $40mn funding
• Yahoo to buy 10 per cent of Alibaba.com''s initial share offer
• SIDBI to set up asset reconstruction firm
• BEML opens Kolar rail coach unit
  

GENERAL

• Government plans two Rs500-crore funds to provide micro credit
• Government to lower credit off-take targets
• Centre keen to eradicate revenue deficit in 2008-09; reduce fiscal deficit to 3 per cent
• ebm-Nadi on expansion mode
• Word-of-mouth the most powerful selling tool: Nielsen global survey
• With more economic reforms India can sustain 10-per cent growth: OECD
• Worldwide IT spending to surpass $3 Trillion in 2007: Gartner
• India''s executives are changing the global economic axis: Boyden Corp
• Modernization of non-metro airports in full swing
• Regional economies immune to US credit woes says S&P, pegs 2007-08 Indian GDP growth at 8.6 per cent
• Ambani brothers emerge world''s richest with combined wealth of $91.41 billion

MARKETS

• Markets bounce back; Sensex @ 18K
• Citigroup, Nikko to merge securities business in Japan

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Bank of India raises Rs155 crore in perpetual debt
• State Bank of Bikaner to place Rs300 crore bonds

INTERNATIONAL

• France''s Fert, Germany''s Gruenberg win Physics Nobel for iPod technology
• Corus to sell aluminium plants in Germany, Netherlands
• US subprime losses may reach $150 billion: S&P
• Cargo throughput at Munich airport at record levels
• Alitalia releases shortlist of six potential buyers
• FAA puts up proposal for satellite-based navigation by 2020
• Airbus under pressure from Emirates to advance delivery of first A380
• Volvo Aero''s lightweight case chosen for Engine Alliance''s GP7000 engine
• Embraer''s Q3 2007 deliveries and order book extremely healthy
• Israeli Air Force unveils next generation of UAVs