• IFFCO in Rs.2,180 crore deal to acquire Oswal Chem units at Paradeep
• Dubai Aluminium and L&T sign up for US$1.1bn refinery and smelter JV
• Tata Steel may opt for production plant in Vietnam
• TRAI: No hike for intra-network mobile rates
• IIT-Bombay and CII to set up automobile research centre
• DoT rejects FWP plea for extension of time
• SIAM: Two-wheeler exports up 92 per cent in August

GENERAL

• FICCI: Exclude expense on sales promotions and brand ambassadorship from FBT

• Bharat Overseas Bank to come out with IPO soon
• Union Bank Tier-II bond issue oversubscribed
• Bank of India MTNs to raise US$350mn

MARKETS

• Kerala based brokerage Peninsular Capital Market's IPO next year

• Afghanistan shrugs aside Taliban threat and goes to polls
• German vote splits between the conservatives and the social democrats
• OPEC meet: Saudi Arabia, Nigeria seek raise in production quotas