• Balrampur Chini acquires Dhampur Sugar unit
• Tally launches free insurance scheme for small businesses
• Welspun-Gujarat receives Rs.301-cr order from Algeria
• MS India enters lifecycle management with Visual Studio
• Nissan outsources non-core work to India
• Fortis offers to pay DDA for Escorts land
• Aurobindo AIDS drug gets USFDA approval
• TRAI rejects higher tariffs to BSNL, MTNL mobile networks by private players
• Gulf Oil in pact with Indian Oil for car care products
• Sri Lankan Airlines ties up with Taj Hotels
• Syntel to expand in tier II cities, Chennai
• Rolta in agreement with Computer Associates

GENERAL

• Government issues new norms for FDI in telecom
• FM to review PSBs
• Cervical cancer vaccine to be introduced in India
• Tourist inflow up 14.2 per cent

• Rupee at a fresh low; securities decline
• Aviva Life signs pact with 11 co-op banks
• Indian, Pak banks cross borders
• SBI acquires Indonesian bank for US$6mn
• LKB plans an IPO as merger fails
• Bharath Nirman Fund being set up
• Exim Bank in deal with World Bank branch
• Banks' lending to infrastructure sector rises
• Bank of Baroda to expand retail activities

MARKETS

• 13 FIIs registered with SEBI in October
• MoF changes ELSS rules
• Bombay Rayon plans IPO — fix price band fixed at Rs.60-70 a share
• Crown acquires 3.45 per cent of HDFC Bank
• Matrix Labs to issue preferential offer to ex-promoters of Docpharma
• Granules India plans preferential offer
• Gold prices may continue rising as US dollar remains strong
• Block deals seen in HDFC Bank

INTERNATIONAL

• IEA report: World faces US$17,000bn energy bill
• Pascal Lamy: No 'Plan B' if London and Geneva talks fail
• Bangladesh: New law to cater to foreign investments on the cards
• Ryanair soars high in profits and business plans
• Qualcomm files GSM patent suit against Nokia

PEOPLE

• Shome is Citigroup's corporate banking head for India
• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is Aptech chairman
• DMK chief's wife relinquishes stake in Sun Network