COMPANIES

• Finmin calls in LIC, GIC to bail out UTI
• Jaipuria to acquire Sagar food chain
• WorldCom crisis to hit Sify
• India among top 20 telecom spenders
• ITC, Tisco, ICICI Bank swim against Sensex current
• WorldCom, Tata Tele woes hit VSNL reinsurance plan
• ABN Amro to search partner for Shanta Biotech
• IA learns the art of serving in fine bone china
• Polaris may amend OrbiTech merger terms
• Balaji investors clear plan to hike FII limit to 40%
• Sony bigwigs to visit Kolkata
• IPCL marketing, export units shift to Mumbai post-RIL buy 
• Tata Coffee may use expresso chain to market products 
• Acer Designers chalks out strategy to hike export revenue 
• TAFE hopes to maintain last years growth despite dull tractor market 
• Electrolux Kelvinator needs Rs 120 crore to meet CFC deadline 
• TI to make buyback offer
• Ranbaxy denies `stealing' bacteria
• Now, LG takes Whirlpool to court
• MICO develops equipment for Timken
• JCB to acquire Escorts stake in joint venture
• Nava Bharat plans captive power plant in Orissa
• MP group enters bus body building
• Electrolux to invest $50 m in Indian venture - Rights ratio fixed at 10:7
• Trayons workers seek layoff allowance
• RSA Security bullish on emerging market potential
• BSP exports touch Rs 98 cr in April-July
• Tatas launch two microsites

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• SEC asks regulators to review IPO ways
• World Bank predicts 4-fold rise in economy in 50 yrs
• EU to pursue WTO case despite US duty rollback
• Probe on Citi brokerage unit widens, CEOs role under lens
• Fax.com faces $2.2-tn suit for sending 'junk faxes'
• US signs deal to reschedule $3 bn Pak debt
• Mizuho bank to compensate govt for loss over computer glitch 

GENERAL

• Drought may pull down two-wheeler prices by 5% 
• New package of loans to bail out coffee growers 
• GM food Ii Okay, says WHO 
• Marginal improvement in monsoon situation 
• WTO should have clauses to bail out farm sector: Expert 
• Govt to improve financing of exports to Africa 
• Haryana maintains 5.2% industrial growth rate 
• Duty free imports for SEZs notified 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• ARC likely to commence operations in two months 
• IBS Forex Gears Up To Offer Forward Trades 
• DCA awaiting RoC report on Tata Finance issue
• Canara Bank cuts home loan rates
• Set the grown-ups on their own
• PNB Housing, United India sign MoU
• Immediate credit limit on cheques up at Rs 15,000
• KSFC to set up panel to study film financing
• ICICI Bank arms' net down at Rs 1.87 cr
• Indians turn to real estate, gold
• SEBI panel wants companies to reveal fund flow into arms

CAPITAL MARKET

• Bulls regain
• HDFC Bank offers research support to HSE brokers
• M.P. bourse told to frame own by-laws, rules
• OTCEI recognition extended by a year
• UTI sells Nestle shares in block deal?
• Arbitrage making a comeback at bourses
• Order flow hopes propel Mastek - Record volumes on FII buying
• Sterlite Optical gains on order talk
• Infosys gains ahead of analyst meet; mid-caps make merry
• G-Secs, rupee turn active on border tensions
• Rupee falls; gilts recover

PEOPLE

• Vangal forms new company called Scandent