COMPANIES

• Bharti, Net2Phone near deal
• Gujarat Ambuja plans merging ailing ARCL with itself
• Reliance signs $250-mn term-loan facility to buy back bonds
• Disprin based on Aspirin relaunched
• Sony in talks with news, music channels for distribution
• Escorts sells stakes in JVs to Bamford, Claas
• Italian ice-cream major Chimayo to debut in India
• Aptech says IT education reviving
• MTNL staff to strike work on July 16
• Flexi-pricing of cinema tickets, courtesy Adlabs and Sringar Films
• German lender backs RSP periphery development
• Lasik facility at CDR hospital
• CESC told to revise tariff only with SC approval
• Dunlop allowed to remove papers
• Coromandel Fert closes down ammonia unit Writes off Rs 25 cr
• Ispat defers decision on package
• HC takes up Jessop case hearing
• Neuland Labs to cash in on USFDA approvals
• SET hopes to make profits this year
• IOC only Indian Fortune 500 co
• BIFR spikes Binny debt repayment plan
• Pentasoft to transfer training unit into subsidiary
• Gujarat Adani port weighs foreign collaborator or Mundra port
• Synaptic to grant non-exclusive licence to Ranbaxy
• Henkel SPIC to allot Rs 40-crore preference shares to parent
• International calls may still stay pricey

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• WorldCom finding it tough to avoid bankruptcy
• Ebbers knew WorldCom books were being cooked
• Kmart Corp probe: SEC seeks time
• Xerox amends its 2001 annual report again
• Travolta takes his fever to the skies with Qantas
• China going hi-tech, poses national security threat for US
• Bush confronts business scandals with first taskforce

GENERAL

• Jaswant to crack down on corporate frauds
• Indian bikemakers set to go global
• Duplicate drugs bitter pill for pharmas
• Retail sales jump 1.1% in June
• Crackdown on petro goods racket thru Kandla
• Tax collections up 20.24 pc in Q1
• IIP logs a smart 3.8% growth in May

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Dividend for Cangilt investors
• Kalpatharu Grameena Bank to target non-farm sector Hopes to post Rs 5-cr profit
• RBI gets tough with banks Lending rate disclosure to be made mandatory
• RBI directive on return of deposits
• Foreign currency a/c norm for SEZ unit relaxed
• SBI tightens norms for corporates
• Cleaning up process again for revamp IFCI orders NPA categorisation
• Securities lose early gains
• `Ordinance must help recover problem assets'
• Deposit rate cut likely
• Rabo India Fin to set up retail bank with agri focus
• Firm rupee unlikely to hit exports

CAPITAL MARKET

• Dow suffers fourth triple-digit loss
• Initial gains not held.
• Volatility in Hinduja TMT
• Puts on Tata Engg may be profitable
• SebiI sets up tech panel for T+1 settlement
• Sebi supersedes UPSE board
• PSU, tech stocks arrest market slide
• Nalco domestic offer in Oct; ADR in Feb
• Rupee touches 3-month high on $ inflows