• Dr. Reddy's Lab. buys Roche unit
• BSNL profit crosses Rs.10,000 crore in 2004-05
• GSM subscriber growth in Oct. highest since inception
• Bharti Telesoft in Deloitte Fast 50
• RPG Life Sciences get US patent for Risperidone production process
• Thapar Group in JV agreement with Option Care for BPO foray
• iGATE targeting Japanese market
• Khaitan Electricals to diversify into lamp manufacture
• BEML pays Rs.19.12 crore dividend
  

GENERAL

• Natwar Singh says he will answer charges in Parliament
• DGCI&S: April-Aug. import numbers reflect brisk economic activity
• US treasury secretary asks for FDI hike in retail and finance
• Mega chemical complex earmarked for Vizag
• Central govt. to invest Rs.40 crore in twenty handloom clusters

• Rupee recovers lost ground - securities decline
• IL&FS Investment raises US$153mn by way of private equity
• Exim Bank extends US$50.40mn LoC to Fiji Sugar Corp.
• Welspun-Gujarat FCCB issue raises US$75mn
• Credit Suisse opens subsidiary in India
• S&P assigns 'BB+' rating for Tata Power debt
• Banking and financial cos. results: City Union Bank, Indian Bank

MARKETS

• AIA Engg. IPO to raise Rs.129 -148 crore
• TCIL pays dividend of Rs.21.6 crore - readies for IPO
• Coromandel Cements board clears preferential offer

INTERNATIONAL

• China, U.S. sign trade pact to limit clothing and textile imports
• Bank of New York to pay US$38mn to settle criminal investigations

PEOPLE

• Kumar Mangalam Birla, Dilip Sanghvi nominated for E&Y awards
• Michael Kuehner is MD of Siemens' India unit