COMPANIES

• Indal investors to get Rs 221/share from Sterlite 
• IHCL grooms Regent in Taj mould 
• ICI India to sell catalyst business to Johnson Matthey 
• GACL to raise Rs 2,000 crore, to seek shareholders approval 
• GlaxoSmithKline hires Jones Lang for Mumbai property pisposal 
• Indica crosses two lakh sales mark 
• Cell operators to get 10% of STD revenues
• Hutch may buy Escotel's Punjab circle
• Hitachi to buy Lalbhai's 35% in JV
• High credit card rates questioned
• Hyundai India pays 15% to parent
• Kinleys numero uno, says Coca-Cola
• Gillette puts up Geep for sale
• Bajaj Auto plans assembly lines in Indonesia via JVs
• Reliance inks pact with FreeMarkets
• Domino's staff to share piece of pizza pie
• Nafed posts 55% rise in turnover
• Desi pharma cos' sparkle blinds multinationals
• FedEx formalises break-up with Blue Dart
• GM launches limited edition Opel Astra Club
• Cimmco Birla shuts unit as Concor encashes guarantee - Arbitration proceedings invoked
• Dr Reddy's wins case over `Omez'
• Govt plans to review taxing of dividends
• Deepak Nitrite to consolidate two divisions
• ONGC to pick up part of HPCL stake in MRPL
• Hinduja TMT to take Cable Video
• Rs 10-cr outlay for new Kinley plant
• Siemens Mobile to sell Softex products
• TAFE's Engg Plastics eyes higher turnover
• MphasiS eyeing acquisition in software services sector
• Jubilant revenues up 11 pc in first 5 months
• Slowdown in sales - SAIL plants advancing capital repair schedules

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Oil price leaps towards one-year high on Iraq threat
• Saudi Arabia resists lower oil prices
• Manchester United brand still booming

GENERAL

• Experts call for pro-active approach at Cancun Summit 
• FinMin to fund five states opening deficits 
• Talks with China sought on needle dumping issue 
• Cauvery: Supreme Court notice to Karnataka CM
• Direct tax mop-up logs 20% growth 
• Reform-linked sops for urban growth 
• Collect either oil cess or toll tax: transporters

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Bankers spell out priority sector concerns to Kelkar 
• IFCI seeks govt help to restructure liabilities 
• REC taps bond market to raise Rs 100 crore 
• Shriram Group eyes fresh capital to boost NBFC business 
• Lakshmi General rights issue fully subscribed
• RBI cancels registration
• LIC targets 25% growth rate by 2005
• United India to focus on personal line of insurance
• Central Bank centres for soiled notes exchange
• ING, Vysya to merge operations by year-end
• LVB to dial tele-banking from tomorrow
• IFCI gets RBI nod for waivers during recast
• JP Morgan offers Rs 35/share for IDBI Bank's 26 pc stake
• IFCI pressing on with rejig efforts
• Strike call against bank branch closure
• Union Bank to make market debut today
• NPA Ordinance for UTI, co-op banks on hold
• Gujarat UCBs continue the ninepin game

CAPITAL MARKET

• Dow slips 114 points at close
• HSBC Mutual plans new schemes for big investors
• Narrow movement
• BSE kicks off awareness programme
• ACC down on doubts over profit
• Promoters consolidating stake in Madras Cements?
• Special margin on 82 scrips
• FII ceiling up in Balaji Tele, GTL
• Markets remain calm; few stocks active
• Rupee ends marginally higher
• Block deals in HDFC Bank