COMPANIES

• Talisman appreciates Indias interest
• Lowe Personal to promote Indian coffee abroad
• M&M net profit dips 15% to Rs 103 crore
• Tata Chemicals tank collapse claims three lives
• RINL to focus on retail market
• Sterlite purchase scheme is not binding
• ITDC in a revamp mode
• Ramapuram Holiday plans resort at Kabini
• Vanishing companies get show-cause notices
• JB Chem gets EU certification for Nifedipine
• MoU for revival of Trayons signed
• Bharti targets 35% cellular market share
• ATMs cheapest in India
• Tata group revival pumps up stocks
• L&T operating profit from E&C dips to 10%
• Pharma firms report major turnaround, Q1 net zooms
• SAIL Durgapur unit expects to be in black
• Parrys Confectionery to close Chennai unit
• Syntans opposes Bayer offer for Aventis Crop

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Hyundai in wage deal with workers
• Digital camera sales to jump
• US facing accounting reform clash
• Swiss, US banks face apartheid lawsuits
• Singapore losing jobs to cheaper Asian rivals
• Nasdaq, German banks to set up SE
• EU to clamp down on cigarette sales to minors
• Nestle scoops up Dreyer's ice-cream
• Enron paid $680 million to managers
• Vivendi may sell tech unit to clear debt
• ICI offloads 30% in CSFB JV for $430 million
• Merck plans to appeal excise order with Cegat

GENERAL

• No changes in EPFO structure proposed
• Government to extend guarantee to UTI
• Diesel price goes up, so do truck rates
• Centre asks states to speed up irrigation projects
• CMIE sees $15.4-billion trade deficit in 2002-03
• Maharashtra infrastructure draft calls for new bodies
• Orissa SEZ races ahead of other three projects

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Bank officers seek paternity leave
• Rabobanks Indian subsidiary to start by Jan 2003
• NPA provisioning exempted from tax for NBFCs
• Sicom shifts focus to advisory services, infrastructure
• S Korea plans deregulation to boost insurance market
• BOJ agrees to flexible funds for money market
• Metlife to start operations in Mumbai, Delhi
• HDFC Bank to offer private banking to all clients
• BoB expects 20% growth in deposits, advances
• Moodys in talks to buy Vysyas stake in ICRA

CAPITAL MARKET

• SEBI bans CSFB from trading for two years
• Market remains indecisive on Monday
• Sharp spurt in scrips of yarn-making units
• Block purchase deals in DCW
• Century Enka ebullient on open offer talk
• Declining FII interest affects markets mood