Morning News Round-up:

Ø  US Fed worries about China slowdown, strong dollar: Minutes

Ø  Accenture plans to hire nearly 100,000 in FY16, spend $1 bn on acquisitions

Ø  ‘ONGC’s natural gas may have gone into RIL fields’

Ø  Fund houses of Rel, HDFC in race for Goldman’s MF biz

Ø  IMF chief Lagarde sees tough policy trade-offs

Ø  US jobless claims fall to near a 42-year low

Ø  Digital tie-up failure puts cos at $1.5 tn growth risk

Ø  Govt gives tax sops on molasses to boost ethanol production

Ø  RBI liberalises norms for booking of forward contracts

Ø  India pushes for greater trade with Latin America

Ø  RBI revises risk weight, loan to value ratio norms home loans

Ø  Cipla ties up with Serum Institute to supply vaccines in South Africa

Ø  Off-grid wind power projects to face financing issues: India Ratings

Ø  CARE assigns investment grade BBB- rating to Suzlon

Ø  Tata Teleservices pins its hope on Viom stake sale

Ø  Government in FTA talks with Peru

Ø  Vodafone gets reprieve from HC in transfer pricing case

Ø  Moody’s assigns lowest investment grade rating to M&M

Ø  Green panel nod for import of coal with higher ash content

Ø  Era of tax avoidance over for corporates: CBDT chief

Ø  Police raid VW HQ, US chief admits knew of problem in 2014

Ø   BSE penalises 370 firms for not getting women on board 

Ø  Urban MFI borrowers outstrip rural counterparts

Ø  GMR likely to charge user development fee at Hyderabad airport

Ø  Volkswagen India to recall 389 Polo cars

Ø  DLF promoters to sell 40% stake in rental arm

Ø  TVS Logistics buys majority stake in Australia’s Transtar

Ø  Most major economies weakening, but India’s growth firming up: OECD

Ø  Home buyers can now get more loan for property up to Rs 30 lakh: RBI

Ø  India not even close where China was 5 yrs ago: Chinese daily

Ø  14 Indian families in Forbes’ 50 richest families in Asia; Ambanis on 3rd

Ø  Maggi ban: Nestle questions NCDRC’s jurisdiction to try suit

Ø  India needs bold reforms to achieve true potential: HSBC

Ø  PE funding in realty expected to touch $10b this fiscal

Ø  Payment of $700m to Iran won’t impact currency market: RBI

Ø  Depreciating rupee, appreciating NRI realty market

Ø  MRPL plans to set up LNG Terminal at Mangalore port

Ø  Reliance Infra to sell cement business to cut debt