COMPANIES

• RIL arm may rope in Gail for Kakinada-Goa Pipeline project
• Shourie to announce HPCL, BPCL sale today, says Baijal
• Taj Group set to sign pacts with foreign firms for eco-tourism
• Infy ADS offering cleared
• Sebi personal hearing for Suez senior officials on December 14
• Concor keen on coastal shipping; group co undertakes Haldia-Chittagaon trials
• ONGC bids for Cairn wells in KG basin
• Tech trilogy: Reliance Info chalks out network plan
• Entry of fourth operators boosts subscriber base
• Nokia plans R&D centre in India
• Idea beeps in 75,000 users by Nov-end
• Talwar strikes back with bid for Centurion Bank
• Domestic arm buys out Alcatel's stake in JV
• Ranbaxy told to submit details of anti-bacterial
• Autopartsasia, US co form EOU
• Mico automotive division to see 10 per cent growth
• Encore to scale up Simputer output
• SAIL output up in April-Nov

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Differences within developing world mar cooperation in WTO
• Hungary Kya?
• McDonald's Bell may be CEO-in-training
• Markets glad O'Neill gone, questions loom
• Two paintings stolen from Van Gogh Museum

GENERAL

• Consumer durables continue to grow steadily: CII survey
• E-class fares of S-E Asia-bound flights go north
• Inflation up at 3.45 per cent
• Nagappa’s body found

BANKING AND FINANCE

• AIG set for BPO foray
• Rate cut to boost HDFC growth in Gulf
• RBI signals yield levels to market
• ICICI Bank moves to recall Rs 250-cr loan to SPIC Petro
• Andhra Bank lowers rate on loans to self-help groups
• HDFC sees lower cost of funds fuelling faster retail growth

CAPITAL MARKET

• Investors fail to benefit in 3-year term
• BgSE brings out investor booklet
• Broad-based correction likely
• Infy counter sees drop in price, premium
• Rupee awaits `political' direction