COMPANIES

• BSES comes out in strong support of Reliance offer
• Dunlop comes under Gordon Woodroffe fold
• Tata Steel eyes lower wage cost, not just pruning
• Samsung launches video game chip for CTV range
• Dunlop confident of reviving Sahagunj unit
• Audit panel calls for tighter norms, more independents
• Opto Circuits buys patient monitoring unit of US co
• Kolkata tops WiLLingness chart, 45 per cent cell users game
• IA, A-I on a high as aircraft lease rentals nosedive
• Nestle scales down Dec supplies to clear stock
• Big Mac to invest Rs 60 cr to set up 20 more outlets
• Telco's diesel Indigo works up a steam
• Dabur's risk management system by April
• Aurobindo launches Cefeprime
• Avon Organics bags MNC order
• IL&FS arm to invest Rs 10 cr in Malladi Drugs
• Som Distilleries plans pref offer
• R.R. Stones bags export award
• Hind Sanitaryware puts demerger plans on hold
• 9:20 swap ratio for Vikrant merger in JK

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• AMP sells card biz to Amex for $132m
• MS sued for stealing cellphone secrets
• Yahoo to buy Inktomi for $235 million
• Citi to take $1.5-bn charge in Q4 on litigation
• EC okays acquisition of InterTrust Tech by Sony, Philips
• Security fears shake Asian consumers: poll
• As Singapore economy slides, foreign workers leave
• Interpublic unit to manage Diet Coke ads

GENERAL

• Textile industries harmed by tardy progress on Doha agenda
• Crude price on the rise on war and strike fears
• Plan panel to draft priority agenda for next fiscal

BANKING AND FINANCE

• PFC, consortium in deal for 12-bn Yen ECB
• BoI to set up representative office in China
• HMA Soft finishes Swadhan makeover
• ICICI Bank to offer resident foreign accounts in 4 currencies
• Tata AIG unveils Student Guard policy
• Flexcube for Kosovo bank
• Nabard aid for States to touch Rs 18,000 crore
• Life insurance cos to follow code of conduct from Jan
• Kotak Mahindra Bank launch by March
• UTI Bank raises Rs 93 crore through bonds
• SBI plans treasury group synergy
• Madras Motor seeks time to settle dues
• KSFC to seek expert advice on NPAs
• BoB unveils debit card

CAPITAL MARKET

• UTI recovers part of unrealised assets - Proceeds to go to MIP-95 holders
• Free life cover for new K Bond investors
• Sebi gets cracking, assigns EDs specific tasks on recomendations
• FIIs put over 70 per cent of funds in 10 scrips
• Dow down 18 points at close
• UTI forms panel to suggest action plan
• Fund buying lifts i-flex
• Select pharma scrips advance; market range-bound
• Canara Bank debuts at 40 pc premium
• Derivatives overtake cash market on NSE
• Re slips; call rates rise