COMPANIES

• Tatas launch two microsites
• GFCL sale may get delayed as Iffco clearance hangs fire
• Modi Xerox had 85 fictitious A/cs: I-T Deptt
• M&M to merge 2 arms
• Bayer to focus on crop sciences, engg plastics businesses
• States seek moratorium on loan repayments
• Rethink on UTI, IFCI,IDBI privatisation: Govt to exit only after revival
• DCA calls for Ferguson report from Tata Fin
• Ministry to seek nod for BPCL Bina stake hike
• Goodyear not to roll out tyres for Ceat
• Bhartias hike stake in Jubilant Organosys
• TCS bucks the trend, recruits 1,500 more
• Coca-Cola to finally offload 49 per cent
• LIC stuffs its bag with blue chips
• GIC to extend reinsurance biz to life
• CTV makers bet big on cricket season
• Japanese woo Indian IT professionals
• ICICI to syndicate Rs 850-cr loan to Hughes Tele.com
• Tata Engg total sales increase 50 pc in July
• Orchids' home furnishing exports to US double
• Bhushan Steel plans production unit in Africa
• GM appoints new dealer
• Encore to make Simputer in Singapore

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Fans throng Elvis mansion on 25th death anniversary
• Economy faces challenges: Bush
• Deutsche Post to begin Japan service: report
• Bush happy with Q2 productivity figures
• Chinese cos may dominate Pak defence exhibition

GENERAL

• Its official now: Met deptt gives up on normalcy
• Sunlight over India cut by 10%, courtesy brown haze
• Infotech professionals in demand as job market perks up
• Bottomlines of 686 major companies rise 17.4% in Q1

BANKING AND FINANCE

• IRDA moots Rs 3-cr net worth floor for brokers
• Floating rate deposits: The idea is still to sink in
• Interest rate outlook continues to be soft
• Rethink on UTI, IFCI,IDBI privatisation Govt to exit only after revival
• Yields on corporate bonds also falling
• SBT revises FCNR rates
• Rupee may touch 48.50 by Aug-end
• G-sec norms for small urban co-op banks may be eased
• Jaswant opposes UTIs distress equity sale

CAPITAL MARKET

• Tech funds nimble; better BSE IT index
• Karachi beats Sensex by 53%
• `Not enough impetus for FII flow'
• MTNL witnesses unusual activity
• Wipro ePeripherals seeks name change IPO likely next year
• DSP Merrill Lynch brokers Ranbaxys 4 lakh GDR deal
• Rupee may touch 48.50 by Aug-end

PEOPLE

• Murthy seeks changes in bankruptcy laws
• Ex-R&D chief of Ranbaxy joins Jubilant