COMPANIES

• Tatas to sell 25% in St James hotel
• PwC India readies for new life
• RIL may buy Nocil's petrochem biz
• Reliance Q1 net up 16.5%
• Tata Chem net up 158 pc in Q1
• `PwC-IBM deal to include India operations too'
• Farm Insurance Corpn to be operational shortly
• Bombay Dyeing picks up 51% stake in Proline
• Maersk wants GPPL share price lowered
• LG to rope in Indian celebrities
• ABB plans to shore up contributions from products & services
• Teva scouting for bulk drug units in India
• SAIL cuts losses to Rs 309 cr in Q1
• PowerGrid mops up Rs 1,060 crore via bonds
• Probe into gas leak at RPG Life plant
• SPIC in talks for cross-packaging tie-up
• SWC regd office transfer yet to be cleared
• ICT completes road project in Ethiopia
• Repayment defaults: DCA notifies application fees
• Crabtree tie-up for bath fittings
• Berger hopes to paint a good picture
• LG still upbeat on washing machines : To invest $10 m more
• Texmaco bullish on prospects
• Zensar sets up office in Mexico

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Angry developing nations lash the rich at WTO talks
• US economy loses steam in second quarter
• Taiwan allows direct China investment from August 2
• Mona Lisa' of coins fetches $7.6 mn at auction
• IBM buys PricewaterhouseCoopers consultancy

GENERAL

• Drought: Centre may liberalise overdraft norms
• Report on grain policy moots massive reduction in MSPs
• KSEB told to submit snap report on power crisis
• Green card for Karnataka exporters on anvil
• White goods shine in Q1, FMCG sector trails
• Common man can smile again, tax sops for more money in pocket
• Japanese embrace dragon as India Inc falters on quality
• China warns against rising dumping cases

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Tata Fin net loss at Rs 9.76 cr
• Srei International net up 8.25 pc
• Third party administrators : Insurance companies call interviews
• Mild rally in bonds expected: BoA
• ICICI Bank Q1 net at Rs 253 cr
• Will truck finance give banks the mileage?
• Dhanalakshmi Bank posts higher net in Q1
• KVB net up
• Interest income boosts Q1 net for Allahabad Bank
• SBH net rises 44 pc
• APSFC targets Rs 415-cr sanctions
• Borrowing limit of PDs in call market to be cut
• HSBC H1 net seen declining 21%
• Sundaram Finance clocks Rs 9.4-crore net in June-quarter
• CIFCL to enhance share capital to Rs 70 crore
• Vibank Housing eyes Rs 25-cr loan disbursal

CAPITAL MARKET

• Last-minute buying boosts Dow
• Bear run arrested
• United Breweries sees block deals
• Poor Q3 show pulls NIIT further down
• MFs buying into Mastek
• LML to delist from DSE
• IT stocks recover lost ground
• Re strengthens; gilts bullish

PEOPLE

• UTI Bank board clean chit to Nayak
• BPL soft energy COO quits
• Nanda Kumar Unni is Bharat Shell MD
• Mukesh at the helm:To use father's yardstick