COMPANIES

• Exports to be 15% of Scorpio volumes in three years
• Usha Beltron promoters to raise stake to 32%
• IFC plans to invest $24.6 million in Usha Beltron
• Bajaj family may meet Shishir to sort out issues
• Shishir seeks Rs 550 crore for Bajaj stake
• Mysore Cements drops plans to sell off three plants
• IA slashes fares by 15-20% on select sectors
• BSES defers announcement of results
• Shaw Wallace, UB join in UDV race
• Kisco bags maiden export order
• GSPL pipeline commissioned
• HC admits DCA plea against Sterlite buyback
• Friday Corporation capital recast plans hit roadblock
• BIFR talks tough in Telengana Paper case
• Pfizer, Parke-Davis to consider merger
• Ranbaxy finalises deal with Cybele
• Promoters raise stake in Jindal Strips to 43%
• JB Chem passes EU quality test for nifedipine
• Boardroom row brews in Electrolux
• RCF to wait for HOCL revamp

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• World Bank defends policy on poverty
• Tai to hasten cost-cut at DBS Bank
• Business still frail in Japan: Tankan survey
• Bank of China HK IPO valued at 1.5 times book value
• Playboy artworks just as hot
• Pak reserves up by $690 million in June
• Morgan made Enron look better: Insurers
• Global Crossing readies new investor consortium
• Allegations of shredding denied
• UKs Burberry takes on Prada
• News Corps Italian deal in jeopardy
• Jerusalem film festival to screen Bollywood hits

GENERAL

• GoM meeting on pension reforms postponed
• Panel on shipping pegs Rs 2,200 crore for docks
• Study on rice structural genomics soon
• Ennore Ports post-liberalisation success story
• Yellow Pages sector posts 15% growth
• Divestment Ministry spikes SCI plan to buy VLCCs

BANKING AND FINANCE

• IDBI Bank to invest Rs 500 crore in housing
• HDFC spots Budget slip, set for big gains
• Promote equitable development, Maran

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sundaram Mutual to expand operations
• 200 listed firms move into e-filing
• Sebi tells Parry Agro not to proceed with buyback
• SEBI board discusses First Global
• StanChart launches MF bond fund
• Marginal loss on the bourses
• Exports lend sparkle to diamond companies
• Bajaj Auto holds grip
• M&M on fast track

PEOPLE

• Kaplan learns his lessons from India
• Shape up or ship out, Sicom MD tells staff