COMPANIES

• Bid to remove war risk premia
• Jisco may resume HR plate production
• Automartindia to tie up with Mahindra dealers
• Auto stocks go downhill on drought worries
• Coke invests in rainwater harvesting
• Loewe to make BPL original equipment supplier
• Tata Metaliks mulls over capacity expansion
• CVC refers Reliance-UTI case to advisory board
• The Big Four bash
• GMR Vasavi to hike stake in ING-Vysya Life
• AI to fly high on good governance
• Castrol eyeing newer marketing channels
• United Phosphorus launches new insecticide in AP
• Birlas may exit telecom business
• MNCs lead in paying back debts
• EML posts Q1 net profit of Rs 5.37 crore
• Reliance Life Science to buy Indian Vaccine
• DCA to prosecute Satyam on 21 counts
• ONGC plans to infuse Rs 600 crore into MRPL
• Bottomlines for India Inc improve as prices shoot
• LG Electronics for bigger pie of commercial AC market
• Samsung puts off making broadband equipment
• IT majors explore JVs in new sectors

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Hedge funds woo a wider audience
• US economy strongest in the world: Treasury secy
• Qwest admits to improper accounting in 1999-01
• BMW sticks to engines as Formula 1 ambitions grow
• Air Portugal gets 100-mn euro loan
• Bertelsmann names Middelhoff's replacement
• Toyota to boost 2002 global sales plan
• Anxiety yes but no panic over US recovery prospects
• US consumers blue but weather stock rout
• Asean to study establishment of anti-poverty bank

GENERAL

• Plan panel pitches for special courts in SEZs
• Drought: States need Rs 2,000 crore, 50 lakh tonne grains
• Consumer durables sector posts positive growth: Survey

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Riding the yield curve, but far from winning
• Outsourcing: Its all about yours, mine or ours
• Liquidity and interest rates: Over to the rain god
• Life insurance: Coming of age?

CAPITAL MARKET

• Funds catching up with mid-cap stocks
• CVC refers Reliance-UTI case to advisory board
• Support seen at current levels
• Bad week for Indian counters