COMPANIES

• Taj will face competition on its own: Ratan Tata
• Tata Motors sales up 37% in August
• BSES calls for bids from power units
• UB group to set up 4 breweries
• Tata Motors plans to enter armoured vehicles segment
• Alstom okays industrial turbine business sale
• Vista Pharma to hike authorised capital
• Wockhardt to launch cancer drug next year
• United Phosporous buys herbicide ingredient from BASF
• Air Deccan promoters to divest 20 pc stake
• Aurobindo allotment
• M&M hopes for Rs 700-cr turnover from MaXX Pik Up

GENERAL

• Global enquiries boost Nilgiris tea trade
• India May Face Stringent US Riders On Defence Purchases
• Marginal rise in net direct tax revenues
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Max Healthcare ties up IFC loan of Rs 90 crore
• STCI plans to enter funds management business
• HDFC to focus on smaller cities for growth
• MetLife in pact with Dhanalakshmi Bank

MARKETS

• FII inflows top Rs 15,000 cr
• CDC gets FIPB nod for 23.49 pc in Punjab Tractors
• HDFC's new income scheme to vie with MIPs

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Microsoft, Motorola working on cell phone software
• U.S.auto sales race to 2-year high in August
• Intrusion detection tech sales seen climbing - study
• Microsoft warns of new flaw in Office software