COMPANIES

• BSNL gets Rs 2000 crore concessions
• Intel to release fastest Pentium, slash prices
• Motorola to license third party cell phone manufacturing
• Coke plans expansion of product portfolio
• Ansals to enter retailing, catering
• Ford Mondeo; minor local content, be competitively priced
• ITC to launch ready to eat Indian delicacies
• Bata, Reebok tie-up for retailing partnership
• DMIL doubles Q1 net loss
• JL Morison in marketing alliance with European firms
• Toshiba ; software subsidiary in India
• UB may exit JV with SA brewer
• Taj Air Caterers is worth Rs 170 cr

GENERAL

• Ad spend on Net to grow by 17.5 percent; Study
• After basmati rice amla-related patents take centre-stage
• DoT waives entry fee in Bihar, WB
• Govt to review Factories Act, to extend it to ICDs
• India is not alone on WTO stand
• Core sector; dismal performance in July
• Govt wants corporatisation of 12 major ports

CAPITAL MARKET

• CBI comes in the way of Sebi plans