COMPANIES

• Honda’s Indian arm mulls capacity hike in Gurgaon
• Marico Q2 net profit increases 17% at Rs 13 crore
• Grasim subsidiary buys additional L&T equity shares
• Duty on SKD car kits may be doubled to 60%
• BSNL offers dirt cheap cell rates
• SHCIL files claim with New India Assurance
• Hero Honda Q2 turnover up 19%, net at Rs 140 cr
• Reebok to hire more cricketers for promo
• Reliance to double IPCL’s butadiene rubber capacity
• PwC plans roadshows to strengthen HR practice
• Hughes' CDMA roll-out unlikely this financial year
• German DEG to invest Rs 47.5 cr in Usha Beltron
• Shaw Wallace, South African Breweries resume JV talks
• Eli Lilly to make India sourcing hub
• Exide to launch batteries for CVs
• Ashok Leyland units to be 100% reliant on wind energy
• Jindal Vijaynagar to trade carbon emission
• HLL Garden Reach contract workers to get 20 pc bonus
• Suven Pharma, Pfizer plan research centre
• Kinetic hopes to sell 60,000 units of Boss
• Wipro Tech: Pricing pressure flattening

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• US public angry with corporate chieftains: poll

GENERAL

• Dumping duty on pentacrythritol
• CMs suggest varying ways to check deficit
• Naidu calls for stronger ties in knowledge economy
• Cut Palm Oil duty: Mahathir
• Rs 23 crore for Kerala National Waterway
• EPF rate to stay at 9.5 per cent

BANKING AND FINANCE

• HDFC Bank posts 31% higher first half profit at Rs 172 crore
• State Bank CGMs not keen on inter-circle transfers
• Jalan for stronger corporate governance norms in NBFCs
• Share of private sector in debt placements up: RBI
• Workmen’s compensation tariff likely to be reworked
• SBI disburses Rs 1,922-cr housing loans in first half
• Banks told to adhere to RBI fiat on IFR
• KVB to focus on fee-based business
• BoI plans bonds to raise Rs 450 cr
• Canara Bank reduces deposit rates
• Vijaya Bank's on the prowl, targets BoR, BoP

CAPITAL MARKET

• Rupee firm; bonds rally
• SEBI to look into plaint on open offer
• Training on corporate governance
• Initial gains not held
• BSE shuffles A, B1 groups' stocks
• Polaris sees heightened activity
• Block deals in Eveready Ind
• Alliance cuts stake in United Phos
• ICICI Bank, Wipro slide in narrow trading
• CSE probe: Police digs up old SHCIL complaint

PEOPLE

• HSBC chief bets on India for growth
• Andhra Bank wants to buy a private player
• CSE ex-VP Daga arrested
• Jumbo top execs to manage operations of Indian firms