COMPANIES

• Tata Steel commences CR mill production, targets auto, white goods makers
• TV18 board approves stake to Sony Entertainment
• Ford follows suit, enters second-hand car market
• Indian Oil to enter LNG marketing
• Hewlett Packard to double server sales in India
• Volvo India to launch new luxury bus in January
• Lacoste plans new thrust in distribution, new products and customer loyalty program
• French cement company to take stake in Zuari Cement
• Goldman Sachs picks up a stake in Zee Telefilms

GENERAL

• Government sets up panel to study tax issues on insurance
• Dumping duty on acrylic fibre imports may continue

CAPITAL MARKET

• Nifty recast comes close on heels of sensex recast
• Sensex continues in depressed mode

PEOPLE

• Nestle board gets new chairman
• Five top Sebi members get extension