• M&M plans Scorpio variants
  
• French and Japanese dairy majorstie up for Indian launch
  
• Dabur, Amul win laurels
  
• Facor cuts production, lays off workforce
  
• Tata Group in final round of discussiojs with Bangladesh
  
• Zee, Sony to clone KBC
  
• SAIL pays dividend of 33 per cent to government
  
• Tata Steel's Q2 production at all-time high; Sales up 14 per cent
  
• illy Cafe to initiate a coffee growers cooperative
  
• Bajaj, TVS, Hero Honda record higher sales
  
• BSNL sends disconnection notice to Tata Tele on ADC
  
• BSNL on new connections drive in Orissa
  

GENERAL

• Fiscal deficit grows 64 per cent in April-Aug
  
• CII estimates 7.3 per cent GDP growth
  
• More States accept New Pension Scheme
  
• World Economic Outlook, September 2005
  
• Kandla port to scale up with a Rs.5,000 crore investment plan
  
• 21 VAT-implementing States record higher revenues

• LKB sets Rs.450 crore as price for acquisiton
  
• Assocham reports rise in personal loans
  
• HDFC looks at Rs.700 crore turnover
  
• Countrywide Fin to set up ITeS operations in Hyderabad

MARKETS

• RBI says FIIs can now purchase Grasim
  
• Sebi action against penny stocks has desired effect

INTERNATIONAL

• UNCTAD says China fudged FDI stats
  
• US airlines cancel flights as fuel prices rise
  
• Austria objects to Turkey's inclusion in EU