COMPANIES

• Ranbaxy Labs gets US nod for Augmentin version 
• Arbitration chief seeks data on possession of DPC asssets 
• Ministry under fire for favouring Canadian firm over GSPL in Mora-Hazira pipeline 
• Chemplast Sanmar explores alternate EDC manufacturing route 
• AFF heaped praise on Kale, then sacked him
• Govt fails to clear any FDI proposal
• PwC partners approve IBM merger
• Indians go plastic, card spend surges
• Hero Motors launches 'most fuel-efficient' bike
• All for that froth: McDonald's to ink pact with Nestle
• LML takes Freedom to focus on mobikes
• Mahindras to offer stake to strategic investors in industrial park
• New IBM software for secure Web services
• Mountain Dew to give Limca fizzy fight
• IBM-Red Hat tie-up to step up Linux presence
• Schlumberger Sema targets major growth in India
• Ogilvy Outreach set to clock 56% growth in biz
• Apollo Tyres to seek shareholder nod for IFC loan
• Air India to purchase 17 long-range aircraft
• Shonkh closes shop in Bangalore
• MFL mulls reducing output cost, inventory levels
• Post-transfer of liquor businesses to subsidiaries - A `sombre' Shaw Wallace loses sheen
• KEC International embarks on debt recast
• `CPCL merger with IOC not imminent'
• Foreign parent to hike holding in Wartsila
• Promoters hike stake in Heritage Foods
• Electrolux Kelvinator board okays cut in offer size of rights issue
• Intelligroup Asia shifts focus to Web services
• `Modern Foods may break even this fiscal'
• Balco firms up investment for Korba expansion
• NTPC-SAIL Power declares Rs 16-cr dividend
• DCA shortlists officer to probe Flex Industries
• Getit to launch `access' service
• Lower advance tax hits mop-up

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• ABC to 'starve' celebs in new reality show
• EU budget open to fraud, says former top official
• China top on the FDI graph
• It's boom time for China's IT industry
• Global private investments slip to 30-yr low
• J P Morgan Chase issues earnings warning
• EU offers way out of world trade patents dispute
• Enron to hit prime-time US TV in November
• H-P inks largest $1.5-bn services deal from CIBC
• Citibank freezes Israeli spread plans 
• IMF sees slower global growth, maintains 2.8 per cent target 
• Daewoo Motor lenders agree $12-billion debt write-off 

GENERAL

• Special chemical estates on anvil 
• Oct 17 deadline for divestment review panel - Samata Party flexes muscles
• Rudy urges Latam nations to ease visa norms for pharma cos 
• Finally, railways goes for lectures on profit-booking 
• Malaysian premier to spend a day in Andhra Prdaesh 
• Organised retailing growth in semi-urban, rural areas seen 
• Govt must talk to importers on quality norms: BIS 
• Bhakra-Beas move to slash supply leaves farmers high & dry 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• ICICI Bank bags 40 per cent of corporate bond market 
• Staff irked over disciplinary action in LKB hawala case 
• Evaluate risks in core sector funding 
• Clearing Corpn money product mock test soon
• Geojit mulls financial literacy programme
• LIC not keen on infrastructure contribution
• Insurance cos learn from banks' VRS mistakes
• Minister's note on options for insurance officers
• UWB board to stay till next AGM
• No RBI word on merger: Nedungadi
• IndusInd to write off part of bad debts
• Diners Club, Citibank, Taj team up to launch hospitality card
• UCO Bank to go for IPO next fiscal
• 21 urban co-op banks under liquidation
• ICICI Bank launches new product for corporates

CAPITAL MARKET

• Reliance ups stake in BSES to 40.29%
• With new takeover guidelines - Ondeo Nalco shareholders knock at SEBI door
• UTI board to mull MIP options
• Bears regain strength
• Naik talk lends steam to EIL
• Polaris-OrbiTech ratio to change
• Buying support lifts Apollo Hospitals
• Tech stocks take beating on weak signals from US
• Amara Raja case: 2 cos held guilty
• Re strengthens; gilts gain