COMPANIES

• IT companies rush to Ivy League
• Tatas deny pressure on auditor
• IT market flat; but NIIT, Aptech grow
• Kale quits, Tatas deny pressure on auditor
• A big discount on B-segment cars
• GE Cap, others buy 20% in Patni
• PSIDC to offload its stake in Punjab Alkalies
• L&T closes Narmada Cement unit
• Desi FMCGs move faster than multinationals
• Ferguson-Tata Fin: ICAI keeping its eyes open
• Dilip Pendse case: DCA weighs action
• Tatas behind sacking: Pendse
• BG eyes broadband services in Mumbai 
• Ford India starts export of Ikon components to China 
• Mundra Port rail link handles 1.25 MMTs cargo since November 
• StanChart ties up with hospitals, Taj, Sahara Airways for gold card holders 
• Hyundai Fin unveils finance plan for Santro 
• Maruti to launch Esteem diesel variant this month May sport a tag of Rs 5.5-6 lakh
• Cranes varsity in Hyderabad soon
• Madras High Court clears dissolution of Pond's
• Hyatt Regency enters Kolkata
• LifeStyle to enter Delhi, Mumbai soon
• Japan co to outsource from Hero Cycles
• LML eyes Rs 900-cr turnover this fiscal
• Alkem Labs looking at Rs 1,000-cr sales by '05
• RSP despatches increase 23 pc

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Vivendi Environnement core earnings up 5.2%
• Alan Greenspan to be knighted soon
• Adidas posts rise in Q2 earnings
• IMF cuts global growth forecasts: report
• Bush signs trade bill, eyes new trade deals
• Mitsubishi Q1 group net profit up 0.2%

GENERAL

• 10th plan sees lower farm share in GDP 
• Pump scam engulfs NDA; Samata MP asks PM to quit 
• Army Chief to visit China next month 
• Producing less cannot make you earn more 
• Fodder for thought: A fodder bank 
• Industry seeks lower duty on crude veg oil imports 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• SBI firms up five-year IT roadmap with KPMG 
• Follow extant guidelines for calamity donations: RBI 
• Crisil downgrades Rs 1,000-cr Tata Power NCDs 
• More corporates prefer Yen Borrowings: Icra 
• StanChart in talks with Bank Of China 
• Prakar Software new version
• IRDA to lift ceiling on life policy riders
• IBA for speedy disposal of loan applications
• Vijaya Bank shelves tier II issue
• Labour Commissioner to review closure of Bank of Tokyo branch
• Lord Krishna Bank cuts deposit rates

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sensex to open higher on monsoon revival
• Dow soars to second triple-digit win
• Package for UTI revamp finalised
• Tata MF new bond fund
• CanLiquid dividend
• Narrow movement
• Ray-Ban falls sharply over Luxottica appeal decision
• Offshore fund drives up Bajaj Auto
• Margin financing through SEs SEBI shoots down BSE proposal
• SEBI norms to be reviewed: Bajpai
• Finance Ministry not for BPCL IPO before sell-off
• Re up 5 paise; gilts bullish

PEOPLE

• High-speed globalisation needs to be steered in right direction