COMPANIES

• Nabard opens special plantation cell
• Mardia goofs up with facts and figures
• Lufthansa adds 3 more flights in Bangalore-Frankfurt route
• CAT bags orders worth Rs 90 crore from EU
• Biocon plans Rs 150-crore expansion
• SCI wants to maintain minimum tonnage level post-divestment
• Demerger challenged, Birlas send notice to L&T
• Mafatlal to be split into 3
• BPL's stake claim may rock Idea merger
• Maruti, Telco keen on Daewoo assets
• After Daimler, Hyundai zooms in on LCVs now
• Taj group to give resorts a Rs 80-cr makeover
• Yash Chopra plans a Rs 60-cr dream factory
• Reliance Info to be largest user of corDECT
• 'Hutch' takes over in Gujarat & Kolkata
• Bailley to hit the international air circuit
• Bharti to merge three businesses
• Satyam Infoway is now Sify; new faces on board
• Sahara TV going digital
• Hindalco Gurdari mines shut down temporarily
• Scorpio's new version with engine variant by March
• India Forge plans buyback of 3.75 lakh shares
• Kesoram to buy back at Rs 40
• Sardas lose battle for BSL
• Sami Labs bags R&D award
• UB in talks for major stake in Roy's Triumph
• Deloitte advises Pennar to sell Isnapur unit
• Haldia Petro to focus on western, northern markets

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• IBM to unveil tiniest silicon transistor
• Sony to fund NEC's plasma display unit
• Bush team recast reflects US resolve to lift economy
• Lufthansa waiting for United Airlines to make next move
• US jobless rate a worring sign
• Private funds in China rise
• United Air files for chapter 11

GENERAL

• Corporatisation of bourses to take minimum 6 months
• WTO to review farm issues in Jan

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Bank Of India sets Rs 50-crore corpus to fund regional films
• Sundaram Fin to buy partner's stake in Fisaf
• ICICI Bank Home Shoppe in Pune
• Terror risk pool corpus may expand by Rs 100 cr
• ICICI Bank to sell gold coins
• Bank of Rajasthan cuts deposit rates
• UBI launches co-branded card
• PNB Gilts to sell 26% to strategic investor

CAPITAL MARKET

• UTI's G-sec dividend
• Sundaram MF eyes 5% market share in 5 years
• Bears prevail
• CSE prunes settlement bankers to 2
• Godavari Fert jumps as Coromandel raises stake
• Sensex falls 37
• Nokia interest in Hughes Soft
• Interest in HMT winding down
• HSBC Mutual IPO garners over Rs 700 cr
• Rupee gains; gilts weak

PEOPLE

• Dr Morepen's MD Kartik Raina quits
• New Managing Director for APSFC
• Merrill names Watts as new Europe chief