• After Changi, Hochtief too exits airport reconstruction bidding process
• Trent to invest over Rs.100 crore towards expansion plans
• Passenger car sales pick up in August
• TVS Motor launches two motorcycle variants
• Ranbaxy enters Italian market through subsidiary
• Titan Energy in JV for lead-free solar battery
• GE Shipping sells double hulled tanker
• RIL files demerger scheme in Mumbai High Court

GENERAL

• Assocham: Latin America emerging as major trading partner of India
• August exports up 25 per cent at US$7.35bn
• Pawar: Sugar mills to get Rs.525 crore interest subsidy
• Manpower Employment Outlook survey says hiring expectations strongest in India
• TAPP- 4 begins commercial operation
• World Bank: India ranks behind Pak, Bangladesh and Bhutan in ease of doing business

• Rupee dips - securities flat
• Union Bank of India to offer second public issue soon
• US$54mn FCCB offering from Deccan Chronicle
• SBI MF to offer portfolio management services
• HSBC launches private label card for Trent's Star India Bazaar

MARKETS

• Sensex posts fastest 500-point rise in last two years
• Kotak Mahindra Mutual launches the Kotak Cash Plus
• Deutsche MF to launch a Stable Growth and Infrastructure fund
• LIC Mutual Fund offers Fixed Maturity plan
• Suzlon Energy's IPO price band fixed at Rs.425-510

• General Assembly reaches deal on draft accord for UN reform
• Nokia launches mobile e-mail for wide corporate use