COMPANIES

• Indian Airlines hikes fares by 10%
• Jindal Iron plans debt reduction
• HLL banks on price cuts for growth in haircare segment
• Hyundai sells 2,000 Accents in October
• India Cements puts Visaka plant on the block
• SAIL seeks goodwill price for Salem brand from Jindals
• Victor takes over from Samurai
• Waterbase plans country's first seafood hotel
• Gridco looks beyond Orissa to reduce losses
• IBM says there'll be no glass ceiling for women
• ITC to lay more products on e-choupal
• Godrej Consumer Products, Geometric to stay 'public'
• Andhra Petro EGM on 24 December
• Motorola R&D campus
• RPG group, Dairy Farm pump fresh equity into FoodWorld
• Jindal Aluminium staggers its plans for sixth extrusion plant
• Jindal Aluminium to sign pact with KPTCL
• Lockout at Sri Krishna Jute Mill
• Ogilvy PR, Dua tie up for legal services
• GAIL, Haldia Petro close to deal on SPV
• TCS revenue to shift to telecom service providers
• Eicher Motors sales up 58% in October

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Top EU court rules US aviation deals break law
• Fed slashes rates to reignite recovery
• Was Cambridge ethics class fuelled by tainted cash?
• Tariffs to tumble as 14 Asian nations pledge free-trade plans
• Harvey Pitt resigns as US SEC chief
• WorldCom, SEC in settlement talks
• Successors being eyed amid SEC chief Pitt's ouster talks

GENERAL

• Dumping duty on Chinese batteries under review
• Ajit Singh blasts Kelkar report, seeks succour for farmers
• ICRA forays into healthcare rating
• Assocham opposes IATA’s cargo charge revision
• Decision on GM mustard seeds today
• UN bodies, Thailand to hold e-commerce meet
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Banks told to go soft on farm loans
• Kerala co-op bank gets Nabard award
• H1 rating for CMC, Vellore
• Nabard hopeful of Rs 1,500-crore mop-up
• Syndicate Bank hikes short-term bulk deposit rates
• PNB lowers deposit rates
• State Bank union threatens stir

CAPITAL MARKET

• Syngenta to make open offer
• UTI index plan opens today
• Franklin Templeton eyes BPO segment
• Rupee steady; bonds rally

PEOPLE

• Shamsuddin returns as SWC liquor unit head
• BPL's brand management chief resigns