COMPANIES

• Tatas buy out Jardine Motors in Concorde 
• Eveready may spin off battery, tea businesses 
• UB Group in talks with Bhutan firm for greenfield project 
• Honda Motorcycle gears up to unveil Compact Scooter in 03 
• Blue Dart in alliance with DHL Worldwide 
• Maharashtra zips ahead in BPO race
• Cellular subscribers cross 8-mn mark
• Noida calling Delhi? Now, dial 12 digits
• Indica may soon roll out of Rover plant in Poland
• Eicher ready to roll new truck
• Tatas plan to consolidate telecom biz
• Luxor to foray into packed food biz
• Daksh to issue ADRs to G A Partners
• TCS ties up with Chinese IT company
• Wadias take 'creeping' route to hike stake in Bombay Burmah
• BSNL's broadband offering only in Nov
• Apar Tech to focus on offshore capabilities - To invest Rs 15 cr on expansion
• L&T bags Rs 581-cr IOC order
• McDowell to hike borrowing limit to Rs 1,000 cr
• Indian Hotels acquires Regent Hotel - Makes North Mumbai entry with Rs 452-cr deal
• Pritish Nandy forays into lifestyle market
• Polaris hopes to turn around loss-making arms in 3 years
• Branded product sales - Tata Steel aims at Rs 600-cr turnover
• Williamson Magor hopes to cut debt burden
• BEML launches equipment for disaster handling

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Drive out in Ford and pay later
• Cities, markets take break to mourn 9/11 victims
• SEC sees more high-profile indictments soon
• US economic growth slowed recently: Fed
• WTO gets its first chief from developing nation
• 9/11 and after: snapshots of change

GENERAL

• Industrial production rises 6.4% in July
• Isro leapfrogs into satellite launch market with Metsat 
• Rlys, IOC team up for green diesel 
• Panel to undertake study tour on Bbnking bill 
• VAT compensation: centre must say no to states, says expert 
• GoM on fertilizers likely to meet on Monday 
• Plan outlay for horticulture may treble 
• States urged to improve urban development 
• Overall farm output to dip by 4.9%: CMIE 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• IFCI eyes strategic partnerships 
• HDFC, SBI set to dilute stakes in Cibil 
• New Basel pact to be multi-formated 
• Geojit Securities to shift client a/cs to UTI Bank
• LIC announces bonus rates
• Oriental cleans up motor cover losses; still in red
• RBI directs Global Trust to change auditors
• Injunction on Federal Bank vacated
• SBI interaction with CAs
• Banks halt IFCI support plans pending revival package
• IFCI in talks for asset recast venture partner
• ICICI Bank files prospectus for Safety Bonds
• Andhra Bank cuts rates on term deposits
• Better show by banking sector, says Fitch

CAPITAL MARKET

• As mercury shot beer sales also soared 20%
• Mid-cap PSUs grab market fancy
• SEBI to turn the heat on takeover code violators
• CanLiquid declares dividend
• Narrow movement
• CSE fiat to members on client information
• MRTPC clean chit to Ahmedabad bourse
• Preferential allotments now under takeover code
• Block deal in Cipla
• Cement stocks firm up on price hike hopes
• Eicher Motors up on sales growth
• Satyam, Reliance calls attract market attention
• Company-specific events to fore in lacklustre market
• Rupee stable; securities up

PEOPLE

• Jalan hopes for early decision on FII cap - Sees little impact from crude price spurt
• Marcus Childs made MD, Xerox Modicorp
• Helman set to be ING Vysya Bank MD, GM Rao chairman 
• Unipro chief dead