Morning News Round-up:

Ø  Japan offers India soft loan for $15-bn bullet train

Ø  ECB keeps rates on hold, seen opening door to easing 

Ø  Slow fibre rollout hurting telecom; experts blame low investment in optic fibre

Ø  Reliance Group to further invest Rs 46,000 crore in MP

Ø  LIC in talks with PSBs for Nomura stake sale

Ø  Reliance MF eyes more acquisitions after Goldman

Ø  Shell cos’ patents to come under domestic tax net

Ø  Investors unfazed by dividend row: IndiGo

Ø  RCom in talks with BSNL, Vodafone, Idea for 2G intra-circle roaming

Ø  India to meet fiscal targets despite revenue drop: BofA-ML

Ø  India remains less exposed to external risks, says Moody’s

Ø  RBI issues rules to operate Gold Monetisation Scheme

Ø  Eyeing $1 billion GMV by early next year: Shopclues officials

Ø  DLF appoints bankers for selling promoters stake in rental arm

Ø  Iron, steel exports plunge 41% to $4.57 bn in Sept

Ø  Indians working in US find their job less stressful: Survey

Ø  Kerala govt mulls importing pulses to tame price rise 

Ø  GIC to invest in Tishman Speyer’s Waverock project in Hyderabad

Ø  Rural inflation running higher than urban: HSBC  

Ø  PE transactions to touch $22 bn by December: report

Ø  HDFC Bank profit rises 20% to Rs2,869 crore

Ø  Petronet LNG pays Rs400 crore demurrage as PSUs refuse costly gas import

Ø  JSW Steel profit falls 84%, beats estimates of a loss

Ø  Indiabulls Real Estate posts twofold jump in net profit

Ø  Ratan Tata, American Express invest in digital currency start up Abra

Ø  ‘Airline losses to come down 35% to Rs 5,500 cr this FY’

Ø  Centre clears two ordinances for swift settlement

Ø  Over 75% real estate projects non-starters: Assocham

Ø  Equity MF folio count up by 21 lakh in Apr-Sept

Ø  Domestic FIs pitch for easier taxation

Ø  Oilseeds output in rabi season may be normal

Ø  Gamesa to set up 100 mw wind plant for HFE in MP

Ø  Coal India takes IT route to track mining