COMPANIES

• Wellwin Industry bags Piaggio order
• JCBL to expand services, set up plant in Lucknow
• Chennai Petro to benefit from high crude prices
• AirTel launches MTV Club Card
• Molex Premise launches Xpress-Lock
• Infosys to invest Rs 300crore in Mangalore development centre
• FirstApex to head for US, Europe in a year
• Cisco plans to launch new security product next year
  

GENERAL

• Securities audit'proposed for better compliance of laws
• Small Enterprises Development Bill to be introduced in Budget Session
• Bill seeks centre's regulatory regime over state gas distribution network

BANKING AND FINANCE

• SBI Bets Big, Sees 16% Compounded Growth
• LIC Housing Fin against poaching of loan accounts
• Allahabad Bank sets sights on overseas markets
  

MARKETS

• ING Vysya to enlarge asset base
• IPOs may come at big premium
• Call to use biotech to boost medicinal plants cultivation

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Pfizer agrees to buy cholesterol drug researcher Esperion
• Democrats press Rumsfeld for Halliburton records
  

PEOPLE

• Thulasidas is new Air India chief