• Tata Group transforming into MNC
• GAIL to foray into NLD telephony
• Grabal Alok to pick up stake in UK retailing co.
• Liberty group to manufacture sanitary ware
• Dolphin Offshore bags Rs.3 crore contract from L&T
• Car sales up by 7.6 per cent in October
• Foreign companies approach BHEL for nuclear technology tie-ups
• Microsoft, HP to offer IT solutions for SMBs in India
• MTNL wants carriage cost of IUC kept out of regulation
• Satyam in tie up with Hungarian institute
• Reliance Info offers 'full money back' scheme
• Tata Motors to launch Daewoo HCVs in India
• TCS seeks major change in business mix
  

GENERAL

• Malaysia to strictly monitor immigrants' working conditions
• AERB: X-ray and CT scan units require licence
• Finance Ministry: resolve spectrum row between GSM-CDMA players
• Maran to lead team to IT summit in Tunis
• AP to set up Rs.5,000 crore bio-diesel plantation project

• Rupee falls; bonds decline
• HDFC introduces variable rate deposit scheme for children
• HDFC Bank launches `forex on swipe'
• Andhra Bank to issue 8.5 crore equity shares
• LIC sees huge success in product sales through banks
• SBI enters into joint venture with TCS
• RBI gets more powers to cover financial transactions

MARKETS

• TCS regains top slot in IT companies
• Karur KCP FCCB issue to fund expansion plans
• Electrotherm to raise Rs.100 crore from overseas
• Hindalco's rights issue priced at Rs.96 per share
• HSBC Global Fund picks up 13 per cent stake in Usha Martin

INTERNATIONAL

• Blair plays the statesman: rich nations must end trade deadlock
• Tunis meet: showdown over control of the net
• General Motors: deep discounts to boost lagging sales
• Sara Lee sells off European clothing unit
• Telstra to cut thousands of jobs
• Siemens to build 60 high-speed trains for China
• IBM machine again tops supercomputer list
• Volkswagen withdraws Phaeton from US market