COMPANIES

• Suitors for NFL hold back financial bids 
• FinMin doesnt bite Naiks Bina bait 
• Halt BPCL, HPCL selloff move: CPM 
• RSS asks if Reliance is the intended beneficiary
• NIFD charts strategy to corporatise operations 
• Eureka Forbes aims 12% sales growth 
• Civil suit hearing of defendants in TFL case on October 11 
• Polaris to start BPO by November 
• Face off: today is the policy battle of the year
• ICC, players present a deal, bill to BCCI
• H-P to buy out all its Indian arms
• Large outsourcing possible from US companies
• HLL gets FIPB approval to hike foreign stake to 49%
• Titan's VRS scheme finds 600 takers
• Titan's European foray wasn't worth the time
• Mahajan hints at unlimited players in cellular market
• Infosys still best employer: report
• Hyundai Motor unveils new finance scheme
• Wipro Info to expand reach to SME segment

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• US productivity up as jobless claims remain high
• Citigroup likely to pay $200 mn in FTC case: report

GENERAL

• Centre mulls ordinance to get control on Delhi Metro 
• Remove SAD on imports under DEPB: Fieo 
• Venkaiah hints at corrections 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• IDBI not enthused qith mof bid on asset merger with IFCI 
• State Bank loan book touches Rs 3,000 crore in fiscal till date  
• UWB plans new integrated treasury branch in Mumbai 
• SBI Life joins hands with BNP Paribas for marketing 
• Sanchayani director remanded to custody 
• BoI hikes FCNR rates
• Its never been that good on home loans front, go for one now  
• 14 subsidiaries going to UTI I