COMPANIES

• Idea Cellular nearing financial closure
• Sify makes Bangalore WiFi-enabled city
• Maruti mulls price hike in December
• GAIL pays Rs 227.8-cr dividend to Govt
• Serum plans 2 new vaccines
• Skoda may make India a production base
• GG Auto Gears net increases to Rs 1.34 cr
• Indo Rama net up 61%; to pay 10 pc interim
• IHCL net rises 31.32%
• Ranbaxy to take human trials for prostrate drug to UK
• BHEL bags Rs 243-cr project in Rajasthan
• Hero Honda net up 12 pc in Q2

BANKING AND FINANCE

• LIC, Corpn Bank cooperation
• Hudco agrees to reopen lending window
• ICICI PruLife's bancassurance pact
• Jersey woos Indian business

MARKETS

• Birla Sun returns outperform benchmark indices
• SCI scrip dips on HC order
• MFI, ICRA tie up to introduce value-added products
• OCB tones down Bharti Tele
• Rupee down 27 paise; gilts rally further