COMPANIES

• Expert committee to review Mahanagar Gas pricing policy
• ONGC may give govt Rs 10,000-cr special div
• Alliance Capital may shut shop
• Maharashtra taps Gujarat on inter-state transport
• New models, variants drive up passenger car sales 7% in January-October
• Novell to beef up product profile, to acquire IT company
• Birla Home looks at institutions to expand portfolio
• S&N (I) to invest Rs 390 cr in UB arm, McDowell
• Fortis to set up second specialty unit at Noida
• Kinetic group hits southern avenue in H1
• Invensys to develop India into R&D hub
• Kala Jyothi to invest Rs 20 cr
• Apollo unveils new range of tyres
• Tata Robbins unit bags Birla Copper jetty crane deal
• Orchid flagship product clears US FDA audit
• 3,000 Telcon excavators delivered
• HC bars Indya.com's online info services
• MICO to buy Philips units
• J.L. Morison to bring in more healthcare products
• Hero Honda's `Ambition' exceeds target
• Tata Engg sales up 34.6% in Oct

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Japan may soon enter currency market to prop up dollar vs yen
• Analysts losing stock, real fast
• IBM unveils integrated 3D circuit
• H-P president Capellas likely to take the reins at WorldCom
• China’s longest oil pipeline begins trial run

GENERAL

• Gates commits $100 million to aid HIV initiative in India
• ShourietTo head WTO delegation to Sydney
• CMIE forecasts increase in industrial growth by 1 per cent to 4 per cent
• NGOs urge CVC to probe GM crop scenario
• IIL ties up with Croatian institute for Measles vaccine

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Canara Bank earmarks Rs 1,000 cr for housing
• IDBI raises Rs 415 crore through Flexibonds
• Nabard may cut rate on capital gains bonds by 50 bps to 6.50%
• KRC Bonds get Crisil’s highest safety rating
• PNB to slash lending rates from December
• Icra puts Centurion Bank’s CDs under rating watch
• StanChart's BPO unit to hire more for Chennai hub
• G-sec yield fall adds to insurers' woes
• Lord Krishna Bank H1 net up 11 pc
• SBH cuts loan rates to SHGs
• SBM reduces deposit rates

CAPITAL MARKET

• First India's Tax Gain turns open-ended
• Activity remains in narrow range
• BSE special margin on 42 scrips
• NSE revokes suspension
• Nalco lone exception - LME signals boost aluminium stocks
• Value buying in Burroughs Wellcome
• ICICI Bank down on Dabhol worries
• SEBI action against brokers
• Canara Bank IPO opens on Nov 18 at Rs 35
• Chamber not for wide powers to SEs on company closure
• Indian bonds do a 007 in the market
• Rupee firm; securities rise

PEOPLE

• New fare offers propel Jet to top slot in local circuit
• Anu Aga’s daughter is new Thermax Vice-chief
• New Resident Director for Indian Seamless