COMPANIES

• PMT Row: BG Brass to meet Naik, partners on Oct 9 
• Rape Of the rock: Supreme Court slaps Rs 1-crore restoration cost 
• Baring to sell 10% Jyothi Labs stake to CDC, Credit Lyonnais 
• Jindal to invest Rs 225 crore in MSL 
• Mumbai firm to drag FACT to court 
• DRL to unveil DRF 8417 
• Private cellular networks to block BSNL traffic
• DCM audit puts AFF in a spot
• Sterlite meets 80% buyback target, plans to list on the LSE
• Aditya Birla Group may form SPV for Nalco
• McDowell to produce scotch at Scotland arm
• SAIL expects to be back in black in Q4
• Ranbaxy to buy 10% in Nihon Pharma
• Videocon Petroleum ADR issue delayed
• SET Max claims higher viewership for ICC tourney
• Alliance buys 2% more in Trent, stake up to 9%
• Satyam ties up with Commerce One
• HPL in talks for 6-month credit for naphtha supplies
• MCF organises safety training
• Saregama changing track for comeback
• Harilela group keen to acquire hotel in India
• RPG Life sets up nephrocare unit
• Maharashtra Seamless plans expansion
• DCA clarification on unpaid dividend
• BIFR restrained in Jessop case
• Saregama says jarring notes may continue
• BPCL plans Rs 7,500-cr outlay during 10th Plan
• ETC entry in US, Britain to add to revenue stream
• Pall India targets Rs 100-cr sales - To focus on transfusion medicine
• Govt switch-over to Safaris will not hit us, says HM
• Maruti raises Alto export target to 24,000
• VisualSoft Tech to invite partner to leverage IP - `On course' to achieve steady growth
• Gujarat Ambuja Lanka arm sales rise 42 pc - Looks for early mover gains

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Gold-digging: Investors warm up to cyberbullion
• Even Greenspan finds economy hard to forecast
• Harvard fund shrinks by $800 million
• Washington braces for anti-IMF rallies
• Ireland's largest bank to sell US unit to M&T Bank
• Merrill Lynch assistant to plead guilty to misdemeanour
• US treasuries inch higher in hope of weak economic data 

GENERAL

• Betting turnover on India-SA match pegged at Rs 2,500 crore 
• EPF rate to stay put: Verma 
• Peaceful VHP stir cripples markets, normal life 
• Govt okays CACP report; no hike in paddy MSP 
• Baijal sets December deadline for SCI sale 
• NTPC to run Dabhol Plant on management fee basis 

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Irda to relax norms for health policies
• BoI kicks off pilot project for inter-branch networking 
• Insurers plan catastrophe, consumer protection funds 
• GIC, subsidiaries to hold 70% stake in crop insurance co 
• Magma Leasing to focus on retail financing
• Rules notified for NPA sale - Banks now better equipped to pursue loan defaulters
• RINL to roll over CP plan for another 90 days
• Errant co-op banks `let off' by AP Govt
• Bandh hits banking operations in Mumbai
• At 62%, foreign stake is highest in banking

CAPITAL MARKET

• ICICI Bank: Delivery ratio low on NSE
• ICICI Bank sells 16.5% to FIIs
• Rupee stable; gilts dull
• Interest perks up in Bank of Rajasthan
• Unit Trust officers plan protest
• Franklin India Index Fund tracking error at 0.67 pc
• Initial gains not held
• Survival steps high on CSE board meet agenda
• BSE certificate test at Madurai
• Funds fancy Balaji Telefilms
• Pendse violated norms, says SEBI
• Media stocks enliven market; ICICI Bank boosts volumes
• Dow surges 155 points at close

PEOPLE

• Asif Adil, Hazari may join SWC board