COMPANIES

• Government; an all-out effort to break Dabhol impasse
• Zee aims to hike revenue from Indian operations
• Reserve Bank takes IDBI Bank to task
• Dabur net profit up
• Car sales in May
• Hindustan Motors
• Honda-Siel Cars
• General Motors
• DRL eyes Eli Lilly’s Prozac
• Dr Reddy’s sees progress in Prilosec launch
• HLL consolidates oral-care
• Birla Corporation may revamp operations
• FII limit in HDFC Bank increases to 40 percent
• MTNL, VSNL can now seek amendment to AoA
• Tisco net rises 31 percent
• New model from Ford this year
• Now smart cards, specialised products from ICICI Bank
• Credit Suisse; out of VSNL disinvestment
• AstraZeneca to invest $20 in India till 2005
• Bayer will launch new pest control products
• HMR, Rhone Poulenc Rorer revamp sales force
• Now a calcium enriched version of Maaza from Coke
• Royal Philips takes 11.2 percent stake in Punjab Anand Lamps
• State-run banks to make full provisions for NPAs in mid-year says RBI
• Corporatisation of BSE starts
• Telco to shut Jamshedpur plant for 6 days
• New structure for Tata Steel and subsidiaries recommended by McKinsey
• Bar on Russell's VST open offer vacated by Delhi bench

GENERAL

• Fitch downgrades India’s rating
• Directors appointed under Sica valid
• Trade deficit down during April

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sebi finalises stringent norms for options trading eligibility
• FIs determine range of Rs 57-62 for RPL scrips

PEOPLE

• Amitabh Kumar of VSNL chargesheeted
• Muniappan, Kamesan to be RBI dy governors
• Dabur inducts three directors