COMPANIES

• Tata Teleservices to rename Hughes Tele, reconstitute board
• Electrolux to foray into AC market
• Murugappa Group hikes stake in Godavari Fertilisers to 10.3%
• AIG, Polaris Soft sign joint venture pact
• Warburg, Newbridge bid for Punjab Tractors
• NIIT's Q4 net dips 90% to Rs 1 crore
• Apollo Hospital makes BPO foray
• DD News claims 93% viewership after makeover
• HK's Mandarin in tie-up talks with Grand
• Events of September 11 take the wind out of IA's balance sheet
• Sundaram Clayton keen on Daewoo's foundry unit
• Lumax plans to split into 3 separate cos
• Hyundai Accent price hiked by 3%
• Bhagyanagar Wood Plast to close PVC unit
• BILT in supply talks with International Paper
• Parent to buy 49% Atlas Copco shares
• Kodak cash offer for balance stake in Indian arm
• RINL bags award for energy conservation
• BEL gets award for best employer of disabled
• `Meal Maker' acquisition helps Marico enter soya food segment
• Sri Adhikari takes over SABe TV
• CRIDA ropes in pvt firms to make farm tools
• Thomas Cook net up on growth strategies

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill quits
• Japan penalises BNP Paribas brokerage unit
• Chinese companies hoping to copy Viagra
• Bridgestone/Firestone to make first profit since recalls

GENERAL

• 10th Plan for amending Coal Bearing Areas Act to encourage pvt sector
• Negotiations in TRIPs council on health issues hit a roadblock
• Vikhe-Patil welcomes compromise over sell-off
• No need to lower edible oil tariff, says Ajit Singh
• Investment of $28 billion needed to hike food output by 10%
• Survey predicts close finish in Gujarat polls
• PFC public issue proposal hits ministerial roadblock
• Price stabilisation fund of Rs 500 crore to have foreign aid component
• Sugar mills body contests Assocham’s criticism

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Iffco-Tokio sees 131 per cent more premium income
• HSBC, ABN, ING keen on IDBI stake in bank
• ICICI Bank cracks whip on Jord Engineers
• HDFC Bank teams up with Orange
• Andhra Bank’s takeover plan for Centurion assumes new turn
• AMP Sanmar bullish on India
• LVB first to sign corporate agency pact for insurance
• Canara Bank extends credit line to Russia
• CBI probe into cheque fraud at PSB branches
• RBI hikes 91-day T-Bills auction to Rs 1,000 crore
• SBI Hyderabad circle in aggressive recovery mode
• Poster campaign by bank staff

CAPITAL MARKET

• Bull onslaught
• Market greets sell-off, Sensex soars
• Oil stocks flare up
• Zee Tele gains on fund backing
• SEBI asks bourses to ready potential derivatives list
• PSU-led rally takes other counters along
• Re stable; bond declines