COMPANIES

• Mahajan moots merger of BSNL-MTNL 
• Intel Corp foresees IT potential in India 
• BPCL Not Averse To Merging KRL 
• SSI Profit Plunges 82.5% In 01-02 
• LIC arm buys Citi's home loan portfolio
• Oberois go shopping to hike EIH stake
• Bidding norms for export cos eased
• SAP Labs to invest 20 m euros
• TD Power ships generator to Japan
• L&T completes Rs 450-cr project for IOC Barauni
• Coal India board approves plan for tie-up with ONGC
• Ion Exchange sets up water station in Bengal
• Ingersoll-Rand working on Golden Quadrangle plans
• AIMIL Pharma bets on South foray for growth
• Volvo gets ready for national ride
• Camlin to focus on exports, R&D
• Indian Hotels plans 'budget' entry
• Promoters hold 67% in Sterlite, post buyback
• Bajaj Electric recasts ops into 5 SBUs
• Marico to cut exposure in Saffola, focus on non-oil health food
• Kennametal buys 26% to take Widia stake to 77%
• Thyssen to hike Otto stake to 95%
• Ashok Leyland dumps bonds in favour of CP
• Air-India yet to use Heathrow landing slot
• Essel Propack on the prowl, looks for cos in India, Europe, China
• CSC to set up its 3rd software centre in Noida

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Garment sops to Bdesh: team to visit Canada soon 
• Toyota set to challenge VW's dominance in China
• Immelt announces more restructuring at GE
• Joint offer made for Vivendi publishing arm: report
• Microsoft detects security flaw in Windows
• Voice of America chief quits under pressure
• Netscape launches new 7.0 version of browser
• Sun expects to hit bottom part of revenue target range

GENERAL

• Corruption: transparency says the buck stops at politicians & MNCs 
• Trouble ahead for Earth Summit 
• Monsoon shows signs of revival 
• Govt gets time till Dec 2 to sort out Tisco lease issue 
• Coming Soon: 1st live game show on ESPN- Star Sports 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Mixed trend seen for next fiscal
• Benchmark for G-secs market in the offing 
• Pvt banks told to boost farm credit 
• Non-bank players call market lending to be reduced to 75% 
• Total income up 13% ut Rs 24,690 crore
• Banks cut rates on corp deposits
• Pension funds market - IRDA seeks tariff structure from prospective players
• IMF, RBI and the rupee
• Debt-swap mechanism- RBI not for stepped-up borrowings by States
• Exchange of soiled notes
• ICICI Bank's mobile facility
• Petition on election of Director Board - Federal Bank to file counter petition in Alappuzha court
• ICICI Bank cuts tenor-linked PLR
• Union Bank launches bullion scheme
• Cos, MFs may be allowed in repo market
• Debt recovery progress slow
• Jaswant sends UTI bail-out package for political okay

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sebi policy on margin trading soon
• Stocks post smart gains
• Rupee stronger; securities dip
• LIC Mutual to put out Sensex Advantage Plan
• Bull onslaught
• `Euronext' proposed for small exchanges
• Kania panel for scrapping of regional SE concept
• Concor winches up on business outlook
• Institutions lap up Infosys
• Short covering helps IPCL to inch up
• Sentiment sours on institutional backing; IT stocks shine

PEOPLE

• Barret sees no great changes in chip tech 
• Barret meets Satyam chief 
• CSE appoints President, V-P