• Reliance Life Sciences ties up with Japanese company for genome research
  
• Matrix acquires 95.51-per cent holding in Docpharma
  
• Toonz allies with Amritraj controlled First Serve
  
• Havell to buy Greek firm for €10 million
  
• Essar Oil`s retail outlets facing supply crunch
  
• GAIL to invest $500 million in Australia
  
• Patel Engg obtains projects worth Rs374 crore
  
• Kanishk Steel forms exclusive consortium
  
• BHEL commissions unit at Rihand station of NTPC
  
• Suven Life gets pharma award
  
• Anil Nanda asks for probe into Escorts institute sale
  
• Electrolux, Videocon to be merged by 2006
  

GENERAL

• Transporters at JNPT strike over toll tax
  
• Government to impose 50-per cent cap on global content in FM radio
  
• FDI inflows may exceed target

• Rupee falls to 9-month low against dollar
  
• Indian banks stronger than Chinese banks: S&P
  
• SBI, Dabur sign MoU to finance farmers
  
• Foreign banks panic as Re weakens
  
• ING Vysya Life announces a bonus
  
• Online processing of motor insurance claims
  
• Mahindra Finance ties-up with HPCL

MARKETS

• S&P says interest rates likely to harden
  
• Citigroup acquires Kinetic Financial Services
  
• Pentamedia Graphics debarred from markets
  
• Wipro public issue expected in couple of years
  
• Suzlon IPO price fixed at Rs510
  
• PVR to enter capital market

INTERNATIONAL

• US manufacturing higher in September
  
• Taiwan tells Google not to depict it as Chinese province

PEOPLE

• Pushpinder Singh quits Ambience Publicis
  
• Suman Chattopadhyay resigns from Star-Ananda JV
  
• Anand Rao, Infosys Australia ED quits
  
• Varma appointed head of programming at Radio City