COMPANIES

• Alembic on recast drive, plans 5 SBUs 
• Cell rates to go down further this year
• Players whet knives for UTI pie
• Airports: Who's busiest of them all?
• Luxor buys out foreign partner in JV
• iDream, B4U to co-produce films, manage movie fund
• Tatas drop SAIL unit bid plan
• The weakest link on idiot-box: Serial-killers
• Orissa may ask BSES to pack up and go
• DPC faces legal hurdles before plant restart
• JK group shelves plans to merge its cement cos
• Pizza Hut plans 10 outlets by '04
• Tatas plan to contest EOW report on TFL case 
• Taj SATS eyes Chefair flight kitchens 
• FACT seeks Kerala govt nod to proceed with job cuts 
• Tata Fin to file rejoinder against defendants affidavits 
• Chinas thrust on maritime training to cost India Rs 2,000 crore per year 
• Medical BPO space - Apollo group ties up with 2 global majors
• Reliance roadshow in Chennai for V2 fabric
• CAs hit out at transnational firms
• BSNL, MTNL merger plan takes industry by surprise
• Surana Tele to diversify into power sector- Bhagyanagar Metals to follow suit
• Aspinwall mulls call centre foray
• TVS Motor sales up 63 pc in Aug

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Dollar stores see sizzling sales in weak economy
• US plays down WTO penalty of $4bn
• Wall Street turns tough again
• US consumers keep spending despite anxieties
• Moore formally bows out as WTO Director-General

GENERAL

• ICICI Bank eyes major diversification
• Tide water selloff likely by year-end as FIPB clears decks 
• Going green: ministry ropes in CII for desi summit
• Distribution reforms to get USAID support 
• Earth Summit agrees on Kyoto compromise 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Kerala: Chit fund companies protest amendments
• RBI for strict provisions under debt ordinance 
• IA may pay 17 pc more for insurance renewal
• Third party cover: `IRDA must issue clear-cut norms'
• Insurance cos prefer short-term securities
• Tenure of recap bonds for banks to be perpetuity
• `Limitation clause may hit NPA recovery'
• Hindustan Photo Films owes Rs 437 cr to banks
• Diamond Jubilee Co-op runs into rough weather
• Managing cash is as good as making it 
• RRBs and the Rao panel: will the story change now? 
• Inter-bank market sees more open market operations 
• Recapitalisation bonds mooted for IFCI bailout 

CAPITAL MARKET

• Offloading through bulk deals - UTI-I talks soon with insurance cos, banks
• Illiquid stocks catch investors' fancy
• Index funds: A short-term spark?
• UTI, giri, gayi?
• Omax Auto: To drive on NSE
• UTI bail-out package seen positive for markets
• Wipro, Satyam firm
• Media cos go slow in spending IPO funds
• Perfectly calibrated moves for the rupee!