• Jet picks up Air Sahara for US$500mn
• IT/call centre database launched - first of its kind in the world
• Prestige group to invest Rs.2000-cr
• GM unveils the Aveo and a sportier version of the Optra
• Italian engine maker VM Motori to source parts worth Rs.1,000-cr by 2010
• Sonata in US$5mn deal with US co.
• Wipro Q3 net up 27 pc - revenues up 30 pc
• HCL Tech Q2 net income up 40 pc
• Ranbaxy net profit down 62 pc
  

GENERAL

• Kamal Nath: New SEZ act in a week to ten days from now
• Exports mark a 23.5 pc growth during April-Oct.'05
• Fitch: Indian current account deficit to grow
• AAI to raise Rs.5,000-cr to modernise non-metro airports
• Global participation in construction of new Kolkata airport

• Rupee down by seven paise
• Bank of Maharahtra and LIC in bancassurance venture
• HDFC Q3 net up 21 per cent
• Syndicate Bank posts Rs.188-cr net in Q3
• Bank of Rajasthan approves rights issue
• South Indian Bank Q3 net dips
• Federal Bank Q3 net up at Rs.72-cr
• Dena Bank Q3 net up 263 per cent

MARKETS

• Demerged RIL share closes at Rs.713.93
• Sebi issues norms to check money laundering
• SEBI: New norms for institutional placement

INTERNATIONAL

• Melt down fears grip Tokyo Stock Exchange
• Wall Street tumbles along with Tokyo
• United Airlines all set to shed bankruptcy status

PEOPLE

• Harvard Prof. Clayton Christensen to be independent director on TCS board
• Srinivas is new director at MTV Networks