COMPANIES

• No boarding pass for pickles
• DoT to give ILD okay to BSNL, MTNL
• KoPT woos JNPT traffic with cheaper handling rates 
• Govt mulls consultant for revamping A-I, IA 
• FACT takes the VRS route ro skirt layoffs 
• HMT arms selloff hangs fire as IMG fails to meet in time 
• Alstom merger with Alstom Power on cards 
• Becton Dickinson launches Uniject 
• ALL diversifies into software, fleet management
• HCC bags two NPCL projects, looks overseas
• TVS plans common parts for variants for easy upgrade
• Metropolis Lab plans overseas, local expansion
• Nicholas Piramal completes ICI's integration with itself
• India set to become Honda's 2-wheeler production hub
• Mascot says no immediate plan for China
• Salem Steel bags order for `railmart'
• SRF buyback
• Accounting norms advisory panel to be reconstituted
• Postal ballot to include pref allotment, management change
• Almatti insurance bids United India moves TAC
• Bajaj Electricals reorgansies into 5 strategic business units
• Alstom mulls merger for single identity
• Jubilant to take up Max Pharma acquisition today
• NTPC to float arm for power trading - Maiden deal with Kayamkulam
• Tigarbo to set up plant for making concrete mixers
• VIP Ind sets up joint venture in Bangladesh
• L&T unit exploring tie-ups in W. Asia - Eyes Rs 4,400-cr turnover
• LML to go full throttle in South
• Power tariff hike adds to Binani Zinc woes
• Bajaj Tempo April-Aug sales up 23 pc
• Look who turned up for beer party

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Supachai keen to end new round by 2004 end
• EU threatens to slap dumping duty on bed-linen again 

GENERAL

• RTDC sops to lure domestic tourists to Palace On Wheels 
• The road ahead is bumpy for auto sector: management guru 
• Govt objects Nepalese Cos plea against curbs on wheat exports 
• Govt rejects bids below Rs 450/qntl for paddy disposal 
• FDI panel report on Friday 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• HDFC cuts housing loan rates by 50 bps 
• CCIL sets up internal advisory panel for CBLO 
• ABN Amro to incentivise non-branch banking
• Gujarat govt team to meet RBI over revival of Co-ops 
• SBI Life gearing up for bancassurance 
• Central Bank cuts home loan rates
• ING Vysya first cash bonus
• Om Kotak forced to withdraw insurance bond
• Almatti insurance bids - United India moves TAC
• Repeated bail-outs create moral hazard
• Federal Bank, UAE firm tie up for fund transfer
• 'Bank rate cut will not exceed 50 basis points'
• ABN-Amro launches debit card
• IDBI terms for bank investors
• Govt offers dividends for US-64

CAPITAL MARKET

• Rupee at new high; securities up
• Terror Tuesday on Wall St: Dow dives 355 points
• Nifty futures dip hints bear grip
• Dividend, tax relief for US-64 - Bail-out unlikely to raise Govt borrowing
• IDBI-Principal fund targets trusts
• Alliance Mutual frontline fund mops up Rs 100 cr
• Bear domination
• Panel for representation of brokers on exchanges - Report moots governance norms
• Wimco damp; open offer looks distant
• Package talk bails out IFCI
• Heavyweights come under selling pressure

PEOPLE

• Angara, Narayanan back in BPL Mobile
• Natarajan is new CMD of BEML