• TVS to hit Indonesian market by October 2006
• Tata Tea's deals in North America may be firmed up in a fortnight
• Steel prices hiked by Rs.500-1,000 per tonne
• Tata Steel and Australian steel major may tie up for JV
• Rahul and Shishir Bajaj arrive at in-principle agreement over ownership
• Hero Honda Motors third manufacturing plant to start production next year
• Skoda to roll out Combi this month
• Toyota conducting feasibility study on small cars
• Automobile sales post robust figures in August
• T-Sky awards setup contract to Globecomm Systems

GENERAL

• Fiscal deficit soars to Rs.77,480 crore
• Chidambaram: Lowering of taxes for small cars to be looked into

• Rupee pulls back a bit - G-Secs rise
• RBI asks banks to finalise the point of truncation
• LIC to give bonus of Rs.2,100 crore
• GE Countrywide will now be GE Money
• Catholic Syrian Bank to pay 15 per cent
• IOB launches multi-city cheque facility
• BNP Paribas India posts Rs15 crore PAT

MARKETS

• Top 100 fund from Birla Sun Life
• HT Media shares debut on the BSE

• Bra wars shift to US as it tightens textile imports
• Abu Dhabi Group to invest US$1bn in Bangladesh