• BSNL's mobile plan targets Govt. employees with Rs100 monthly rental
• Pfizer Q3 net rises 62 per cent
• Hyundai, Maruti hike car prices
• Gujarat NRE Coke's Australian mine begins operations
• Crocin Quick in trouble
• Elgi Equipments bags two orders
• Visaka Ind's cement sheets project gets gets eco clearance
• PCL, GAIL to set up gas distribution JV
• Dolphin Offshore to offload stake
• Zee Sports dumps cricket, happy to sponsor football
• Welspun India to open hypermarkets
• Nahar Enterprises to expand retail chain
• ONGC to process biofuels at its newer refineries
• Hutch Essar acquires BPL biz from Essar Group for $1.15 billion
  

GENERAL

• Infrastructure growth slows to 5.7 per cent in Aug.
• Switzerland is top exporter to India for Q1
• Trial run of Tax Information Exchange System to begin
• India GDP grew 7.1 per cent in Q1
• AP coastal districts gets a boost of tourism infrastructure
• Orissa Govt. clears heavy mineral, steel projects worth Rs.22,231 crore
• Cashew growers want transit cover for crops, sign pact with insurers
• Tyre exports rise 26 per cent in '04-05
• IT exports dip to 15 per cent of total exports in 2005

• Rupee slips; bond prices fall
• PSU banks likely to get go-ahead for pref issues
• SBT to raise funds for Tier II capital
• Globus, ICICI Bank mull co-branded card
• Merger of Centurion, Bank of Punjab approved by RBI
• Peerless pitches for review of discretionary investment cap by RBI

MARKETS

• Bull run at the markets likely to yield Rs.2,800 crore as tax
• Finmin wants delisting of 'Z' category stocks
• Vashisti shareholders okay merger with HLL
• Ginni Filaments board clears draft red herring prospectus

• World Bank and IMF announce agreement on debt relief
• Debut of Dubai financial exchange opens financial gateway to West Asia
• Oil prices stabilise as Houston refineries escape damage
• EU to slash sugar prices, as per WTO rules

• IOC chief Behuria on World LP Gas board
• Alan Durante retires from M&M
• BP chief coming to India