Attempts by competing Indian and Brazilian steelmakers to acquire a big British-Dutch producer, the Corus Group, turned into a bidding war on Monday.	Hotels have become miniature malls, putting a price tag on nearly whatever you see, hear, taste, touch and smell during your stay.	An era in advertising will end Dec. 31 when Edward H. Meyer, 80, head of the worldwide agency now known as the Grey Global Group, retires.
Inventories at United States wholesalers piled up at a faster pace in October as sales posted their first back-to-back declines in more than three years.	SAC Capital Advisors, a $10 billion hedge fund, has raised its stake in the Phelps Dodge Corporation to 5.1 percent and said yesterday that it would oppose a proposed takeover of the company by Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold.	The panel ruled that Qualcomm, a maker of cellphone chips, is infringing a Broadcom Corporation patent on a way to conserve handset battery power.