COMPANIES

• Reliance Group hikes BSES stake to 43% via block deal 
• Upgraded Qualis boosts Sept car sales 
• EICI flays move to make DoP regulator for courier companies  
• GIC net profit dips 23% to Rs 307 crore 
• M&M in talks for assembling Scorpio in Russia, CIS markets 
• Software squeeze: Consultants slash the bill
• Chandra family take over Zee show,
• GIC pays Coca-Cola first terror claim
• Frost & Sullivan to double Chennai staff
• ITC to set mkt afire with foray into matches segment
• DoT to transfer 773-acre land demerged from VSNL to new co
• Koshika Tele fails to pay licence fee
• Sify banks on broadband to tap browsers at home
• RIL to use IPCL talent for engg design centre
• Lalbhais buy 10 per cent in Amtrex Hitachi from ICICI Bank
• Wockhardt to invest Rs 500 cr in hospitals
• IOC to monetise Rs 5,276-crore oil bonds
• Fertiliser cos offer 10-14 per cent discount
• LPG kerosene subsidy costs IOC Rs 350 cr per month,
• Reliance cuts polymer prices
• Tamil Nadu Petro gets nod for captive unit
• Pace CFS scouts for partners
• VSNL takes row with BSNL to regulator
• HC directive to RuiaCotex on Jessop offer
• IICT process to help drugmakers
• Suzuki seeks FIPB nod to set up aluminium foundry
• DCA discusses rules for issuance of IDRs
• Nocil application sent to Labour Commissioner
• Dunlop Ambattur unit to resume
• Honda Siel sales up 26 pc in April-Sept
• TVS Motor sales up 44 pc in Apr-Sept
• Bajaj Auto bike sales up 31 pc in September
• Hero Honda sales up 30.22 pc in Apr-Sept.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Funding mechanisms to be thrashed out at COP-8
• 'IFC to assume countercycle role for pvt sector'
• M&A in Asia plunges 33% in Sept
• US port strikes cause Asian shipment delays

GENERAL

• EU team to take up textile row with Lamy 
• US to hike California prune export to India 
• Assocham for uniform import duty at 10% 
• IAF plans special unit to guard air bases 
• 15 killed in mid-air collision 
• Seafood exporters mull Spain boycott, await govt move 
• PM to open Indo-Asean Summit on Oct 17 
• Services want to keep the unspent money

BANKING AND FINANCE

• RBI directs NBFCs not to get physical with G-Secs 
• Catholic Syrian plans bancassurance, MF distribution foray 
• NIC offers low-cost Mediclaim to all West Bengal govt staff 
• National Insurance hopes to post Rs 200-cr profit - Launches policy with seven covers
• New India profit down at Rs 142 cr
• LVB reduces deposit rates
• Karnataka Bank, BSNL tie up for telephone bills
• SIDBI SEDF sign MoU,
• Bank in distress Is merger only solution?
• Sebi wants MFs to put in place risk mgmt systems 
• Core sector reforms need calibrated policies: RBI 

CAPITAL MARKET

• Bears march ahead
• Underwriting losses of PSU insurance cos surge - Gujarat riots, third-party claims blamed
• CSE for clarification on turnover fee
• Oil stocks dip 40% in a month
• SEBI ties up with States to probe misconduct in SEs
• Corporate governance, bond ratings - SEBI keen to ensure convergence
• VisualSoft up on upbeat guidance
• Mastek slides on fund selling
• Naveen Patnaik sends Nalco tumbling further
• `Evidence on Ketan's links with ex-CSE president'
• IGF seeks action against SHCIL
• SEBI ban on Suman Motels
• HLL Reliance drag Sensex down; tech stocks mixed,
• Rupee at eight-month high

PEOPLE

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