COMPANIES

• Indian Airlines to dry-lease aircraft to meet demand 
• Cell subscriber base rises 4.8% in July 
• Wipro rides the business intelligence wave
• Taj Group to recast its brand strategy
• One million RIL shares reconverted
• Blue Dart, FedEx to end alliance
• Credit Suisse shuts trading operations
• Let your hair down, HLL cuts shampoo prices
• Jindals to buy SAIL's Salem plant
• Godrej to enter economy segment of refrigerators
• Maruti launches Esteem Diesel
• Godrej buyback opens on Monday
• D Link to buy back shares at Rs 80
• Salt & pepper for an exact recipe
• HPCL says not interested in MRPL preferential offer
• IPCL, panchayat lock horns over Rs 17-cr tax dues
• Tatas' new retirement plan: Taste of things to come?
• SAIL may shut Kerala stockyard
• IC Fuels to set up LPG dispensing stations
• Strike to protest transfers in SAIL
• Apollo Tyres to use Modi factory for contract production Precursor to takeover?
• Satyam to set up overseas centre for Saint Gobain arm
• Citicorp, Caterpillar in financing tie-up
• Bhushan group, IOC sign long-term pact
• NRDC pact with IOC on energy-efficient tools
• Ahlcon upgrading infrastructure to meet GMP norms
• Lenders wary over NGEF closure
• Sulzer bullish on South India
• Alembic's 5-year plan to achieve Rs 1,800-cr sales
• Bajaj Pulsar sales cross 50,000-mark

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Global Crossing to sell to Hutchison group
• Bank of Japan ignores IMF plea on deflation
• Bridgestone H1 earnings rebound, plans expansion
• Japan's Kirin cuts 2002 profit forecasts
• Bridgestone to invest Y30 bn to boost tyre output
• Japan sets new accounting norms 
• IMF raises Uruguay loan by $494 million 

GENERAL

• Pumpgate rocks parliament for the fifth day 
• FDI inflows clock a pretty 87% growth in May 
• IEA sees slow global oil demand recovery despite equity slump 
• Draft guidelines retain FDI cap for foreign brokers at 26% 
• Jaswant to discuss fiscal health with state FMs 
• India to host CoP meet on climate change on Oct 23 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Banks begin to switch off from shared ATM network
• State Bank to serve notices on 50 wilful defaulters soon
• ITI to shift to B category NBFC 
• Asian currencies recover as Yen rebound 
• Banks rescheduling farm loans
• Nabard, German body to develop accounting norms for co-op banks
• RBI eases norms for forex dealers
• LIC's monopoly intact, says workers' federation
• IndusInd to open 2 more branches in Chennai
• Karnataka Bank review meeting
• Corpn Bank pays Rs 32.8 crore as dividend to Govt
• SBH to unveil new package for SMEs
• Union Bank plans branches in Gulf
• RBI sets Aug 31 deadline for G-sec SGL, CSGL trades
• Mortgage-backed securities begin to gain acceptance
• ICICI Bank cuts NRE term deposit rates
• RBI move to strengthen MIS of co-op banks
• Bankers going back to basics
• KCCI initiative on coin shortage
• PwC to rejig Lord Krishna Bank strategy 
• HDFC to directly hold stake in JV

CAPITAL MARKET

• Reverse fungibility: one million RIL shares reconverted
• Bear run arrested
• VSNL chief talks the stock up
• HCL Tech slide halted
• FII limit in HFCL hiked to 49 pc
• Markets finish on firm note as techs sizzle
• Rupee stable; bonds decline

PEOPLE

• Kinetic Engg MD Arun Pande quits