• Gail India signs MoU with Belgian EXMAR Marine
• JSW to expand plant at Vijayanagar
• Ashok Leyland to invest in IT infrastructure
• Wanbury acquires majority stake in Doctors Organic
• Hyundai to launch its own ad agency
• Ranbaxy to hike stake in Japanese joint venture
• Coke to invest Rs.552 crore in Indian bottling arm
• GAIL unable to pay special dividend
• HCL receives US$100mn order from Autodesk
• Temasek, SpiceJet have a falling out
• Bharti wants long distance 'level-playing' field
• IEE to expand presence in India
• Diamond Cables receives Rs.10 crore order from GUVNL
  

GENERAL

• Inflation up at 4.75 per cent
• ONGC-Mittal in US$6bn oil and infrastructure deal with Nigeria
• Maritime sector development policy in three months: Baalu
• India signs up for the revised Kyoto Convention
• China to back India on farm issues at WTO
• Income tax collections rise on tough talk by finance ministry
• IIP rises by 7.3 per cent in Sept
• Imports of sensitive items up by 5.2 per cent in April-Aug

• Banks should contribute 50 per cent to GDP: FM
• ICICI Bank to offer private banking services to more cities
• Tata AIG to launch Health Protector scheme

MARKETS

• Prudential ICICI MF extends subscription period of Services Industries Fund
• Bill for securitisation of loans to be introduced in Parliament

INTERNATIONAL

• Bank of America says increased probability of GM filing for bankruptcy
• Daimler sells Mitsubishi stake to Sachs
• Dell steps back from target of US$80bn in sales by 2009