COMPANIES

• CNBC India keeps options on Sony deal open
• Tetley to save on interest with Tatas cash infusion
• Auditors qualify SPIC accounts
• Dabur revamps risk management set-up
• BOC India to set up plant at Jamshedpur
• Stiffer norms soon for audit panels
• Pawan Hans signs MoU with CHC International
• GailTel joins hands with Bharti Telesonic
• Silk, Chinese firm joins hands to make turbines
• Haldia Petro worried about the debts
• Post-1991, companies failed to grow big
• Steel companies avoid long-term deals
• Indo Matsushita to launch products
• APCO signs MoU with Thai firm
• Lafarge debt rating gets a Crisil re-look
• Oil firms may convert franchises to self-owned outlets
• MSEB asked to refund excess-billed amount
• NTPC to get incentives for exceeding 77% PLF
• DuPont eyes Rs 1,000-crore turnover from Indian arm

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Angry US bondholders file suit
• Deutsche Bank can be tempted by Ferrari stake
• Warner Lambert hid the pills kill
• Daewoo to sign bus plant deal in July
• Malaysian firms sue Andersen
• Alitalia to sell Eurofly by August
• HKs Moulin sharpens vision to stay ahead
• Asia courting hedge fund money

GENERAL

• Overseas proceeds for PSU acquisitions soon
• Inland waters to see flow of private funds
• GoM to discuss IRDAs pension recommendations
• CII supports status shift of services
• Interest cut may benefit defaulting EOUs, SEZs
• Oversupply affects commercial property market
• Hospitality industry hits rock bottom
• Housing sector poised for growth: Citigroup exec
• Mandatory registration for coil imports may go
• Growth hits 11-quarter high
• Rajasthan told to subsidise power firms

BANKING AND FINANCE

• SBT profit growth sustainable: MD
• ICAI accounting norms optional for listed banks
• Retrospective tax breaks for superannuation funds
• IDBI Bank scheme for small businessmen
• IDBI Bank unveils facility for Kerala traders
• Another package for IFCI likely
• RBI cancels Pune banks licence
• Forex brokerages reinvent the game
• Bank stocks: some gain, bourses still cautious
• Canara Bank to work out plans for card business

CAPITAL MARKET

• April-June M-cap declines 5.83%
• Retail investors set to return
• Exit route must for all M&As, says Sebi
• Poor post-IPO show raises doubts on book-built pricing
• Govt to help UTI sponsors with past MIP liabilities
• DCA, SEBI in talks on preference allotment norms
• VSNL drifts lower
• Watch the yen to trade the rupee
• PSU bonds expected to bolster the market

PEOPLE

• Ambanis condition still critical
• Sarthak Behuria is new BPCL chief