Market Roundup

• Forbes names 30 Indian companies in Top 2000 list
• Reliance Life to invest Rs.1,500 crore in new plant
• LG to set up Rs.500 crore facility at Ranjangaon
• Chowgule & Co. bag overseas vessel orders worth Rs.400 crore
• India's Hero Honda motorcycles sales up 23 per cent in Oct.
• India's Bajaj Auto vehicle sales up 37 pct on year
• Dutch chemicals group DSM to expand production in India

GENERAL

• Q1 fiscal deficit up Rs.83,843 crore

• SBI eyeing Bank Indomenex of Indonesia for acquisition
• SBT gets national award

INTERNATIONAL

• Commission clears takeover bids for the LSE
• Barrick Gold's bid to become world's biggest gold producer
• UBS Q3 profits ride on the back of Asian and Mideast oil wealth
• Imperial Tobacco says UK Government's smoking policy to have minimal effect

PEOPLE

• Zurich Financial Services executive joins TATA Interactive Systems