• Tata: the biggest Indian brand
• GMR-Fraport to develop Mumbai/Delhi airport
• Integreon acquires US BPO's legal processing division
• Provogue increases focus on retail
• Sahara to revamp operations
• Bharti Tele-Ventures to be renamed Bharti Airtel
• Ballarpur Industries to focus on core buisness
• Toyota workers return to work: union claims victory
• Dunlop signs MoU with unions at Sahagunj unit
• Gulshan Sugars to expand
• LG eyes 300 pc growth in GSM segment
• Ranbaxy introduces anti-diabetes drug
• HCC gets contract of Rs.395-cr from NHPC
• Apollo tyres to invest Rs.40 crore
• Food & Beverages sector recovers
• Corporate results: Tata Coffee, ACC, LIC, ABB, India Cements, Varun Shipping, Cipla, GSK, 3infotech, HCL Info, Dr Reddy's
  

GENERAL

• Govt. revamps FDI policy — restricted entry allowed in retail
• PM to lay foundation stone for container terminal at Vizhinjam

• Rupee declines - securities slide
• RBI raises short term interest rates
• Chidambaram terms hike in repo rates as pre-emptive
• India Inc welcomes RBI's move to hike repo rate
• PFRDA: New pension system likely to have sizeable subscriber base
• Federal Bank set to take over Ganesh Bank
• IDBI Q3 net at Rs.119-cr
• Corpn. Bank net down at Rs.115-cr
• Union Bank net at Rs229.08-cr
• Allahabad Bank net up

MARKETS

• Sebi allows MFs to trade in gold and related instruments
• Tata Tele Maharashtra plans Rs.325-crore rights issue
• Tata Mutual unveils Tax Advantage Fund-1
• Kotak launches Kotak Lifestyle open ended scheme

INTERNATIONAL

• Disney buys out Pixar for US$7.4bn
• Arcelor trumps ThyssenKrupp with US$5.5bn bid for Dofasco
• DaimlerChrysler to eliminate 6,000 white-collar jobs

PEOPLE

• B Muthuraman is Business Standard's CEO of the year
• Tarun Das exits ACC