COMPANIES

• JPC pulls up UTI brass for funding dubious firms
• Group holding in Tisco to rise
• HLL, P&G, Coke face channel music
• Hero Honda seeks nod to double FII stake
• ACC net profit down 55 per cent to Rs 20 crore
• Rapaport to offer GIA services in India
• SRF Q1 net rises 38% at Rs 12 crore
• DRL trial suspension not to affect research, molecule valuation
• RIL cries foul over CNG supply cut
• PowerGrid E-S project faces Rs 600-cr knock
• ABB Q2 net soars 119% to Rs 32 cr
• LIC hold on Corporation Bank tightens
• Siyaram to re-tailor Oxemberg brand
• H-P to hardsell Presario, Evo
• Cipla Q1 net up 37%
• Bharti arrives in Mumbai with sweetheart deals
• Botox cleared for use by spastics
• BHEL bags BPCL compressor order
• Tata Infotech to make Diebold ATMs
• HLL rejigs outsourcing strategy
• Strides Arcolab to hive off contract research division
• Indian Rayon hives off insulator business
• Grundfos production unit to come up in Chennai
• Tube Investments' Q1 net up 23%; plans facility in Noida
• Edumark ties up with Macmillan
• Tata Engg gearing up for Indica sedan launch
• Ratan Tata calls for `process breakthrough'
• Bharti seeks to raise Rs 1,200 cr for projects
• TRAI asks operators to modify networks Option for users to choose carrier

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Prudential H1 profits dip 15% on bond losses
• Visa asked to cut fees for merchants
• Piracy attacks on the rise
• European firms stop bond deals
• Playboy Bunnies hop to Tokyo
• Chase, Citi admit to Enron-style pre-pay deals
• WorldCom to hire turnaround specialist: report
• P&O Princess Q2 earnings beat forecasts
• SEC chief asked for promotion, raise: report
• World economy braving stocks storm: survey

GENERAL

• Reshuffle in finance ministry hampers file pushing

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Icra puts HMT bonds under watch
• Banks, FIs sign up for CDR in big way
• Citibanks Rs 28.4-crore loan securitisation gets highest Crisil ratings
• IOB to use new ordinance against defaulters
• Allahabad Bank to open 30 MBBs by fiscal-end
• Allahabad Bank mulls Rs 100-cr IPO this year To invest Rs 20 cr in ARC
• FIs/banks may be asked to alert tribunal on sick companies
• Giving credit card where it's due...
• Pru ICICI Power posts 25 pc return
• LIC Housing Q1 net up at Rs 34 cr
• LIC wooing villagers through `Bima Grams'
• Money laundering Bill re-introduced with changes in RS
• ABN Amro, UTI Bank to share ATMs
• IOB to raise Rs 175 cr as tier-II capital
• Corpn Bank 150th ATM inaugurated
• More banks cut deposit rates
• GTB Q1 net dips 21% to Rs 13 cr

CAPITAL MARKET

• Indian ADRs, GDRs take a beating
• MFs must ensure need-based sales
• Alliance Capital gets SEBI nod for new scheme
• Bears recoup
• GlaxoSmithKline gains on consolidation hopes
• Global `heat' melts stocks
• Block deals in e-Serve International
• Special margin on Shriram Transport
• Dollar stabilises amid US equity markets turmoil
• Rupee firms up; gilts rise