COMPANIES

• Samsonite Corp okays Indian arm expansion
• Fiat asks Maharashtra to review 4.5 per cent octroi for competitive pricing
• Amway to outsource premium cosmetics
• Qatar Airways starts flights to Hyderabad
• Birlas draw up own L&T demerger plan
• Advani, Naik reach HPCL, BPCL deal
• Alembic to introduce Euroresearch products
• Now, Zydus enters Grastim fray with Argentine drug
• BBC to provide content for In Network
• Bajaj Auto's LPG 3-wheeler to hit the road in January
• Mercedes not to launch its volume cars in India
• DVC plans to set up plant near Durgapur Steel
• Apollo opens Rs 25-cr cancer facility in Delhi
• Fresh offer on Herbertsons dispute
• Duncans to hive off loose tea retail biz
• FIPB rejection trips Tata Tele-HNS Inc share arrangement
• NTPC plans arm for small hydel projects
• Move on wage freeze, job cuts irks Saregama unions
• UB, Hilton in talks for hotel
• Siemens net rises 26 pc as all divisions post profits after 6 years

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• US asbestos liability suits may be settled in few weeks
• Over 21,000 German companies go bust in first seven months
• Security industry gets 9/11 windfall

GENERAL

• Rabi foodgrain output would be affected by drought: Govt
• Service tax & VAT have to Mesh, taxpayer & collector agree
• Icra pegs GDP growth at 5.4%
• No going bgack on selloff, Jaswant assures O’Neill
• Talks on Admiral Gorshkov at final stage
• Delhi to have world Agroforestry Centre by Jan
• New drinking water supply scheme for villages
• NCDC meet begins today

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Banks raise toast to Securitisation Bill; defaulters rush in with recast options
• IIB to hold courses for non-bankers, graduates
• Moody’s lifts China debt outlook to positive
• Sri Lanka aims Tt sell state insurer by year-end
• Fresh pension offer for banks under study
• Corp Home cuts lending rates further
• BoB's housing loan fortnight
• Max New York Life on rural hunt
• Oriental Bank cuts PLR
• Sabre interest in Centurion Bank

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sensex surges 181 points in 6 days
• CanLiquid declares dividend
• Bull domination
• LSE seeks Indian IT listings
• Reliance sees huge volumes, price jump
• Tata Engg hits new high
• i-flex slides on fund selling
• Securitisation Bill boosts bank stocks
• Punjab Tractors rides high on sell-off hopes
• Record turnover in NSE derivatives
• UTI-II asset management co registered
• Rupee stable; gilts bullish