COMPANIES

• Nagarjuna bags Rs 142-cr orders
• Santro may hit N. American roads under Dodge label tic consumers
• HC declines to extend stay in Jessop case
• TVS recasts operations in Lanka, ropes in new partner
• Usha Beltron's new unit by March next
• TVS Motor to set up three-wheeler unit
• Ingersoll Rand: On a smooth road
• Alufluoride gets OHSAS tag
• TCI to diversify into power sector
• IPCL issues pink slip to 167 employees at Vadodara
• Exide Inds net up 66 per cent to Rs 52 crore in 2002-03
• TEBU commences ops in eight cities, plans retailing
• Indal’s quarterly net rises to Rs 34 crore

GENERAL

• Service tax will not apply on exports, clarifies govt
• Govt extends LPG subsidy to non-domestic consumers
• Regulator says no to Bt cotton cultivation

BANKING AND FINANCE

• ICICI Bank ’02-03 profit at Rs 1,152 crore
• Sicom Plans Fresh Hiring Under Restructuring Plan
• Dhanalakshmi Bank to network branches soon
• Union Bank's e-payment facility
• CSB net up by 21 pc
• Sharp fall in LIC first premiums
• ICICI Bank: Dividend declaration `eye-catching'
• ICICI Bank tops in retail finance
• Banking operations in Bengal hit
• Global reinsurers halve commissions
• StanChart eyes distressed assets
• Sabre will retain Centurion name & staff
• AP co-op bank victims up in arms

CAPITAL MARKET

• BgSE appoints Deloitte Haskins as demutualisation advisor
• Steep fall in IT stock prices — SEBI seeks trading data from exchanges
• Bajaj Auto in for a rough ride
• FIIs' shedding drags HDFC stock down
• Mandatory listing clause withdrawn — Heavy blow for regional exchanges
• Rupee steady; gilts move up

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Alstom to cut 3,000 jobs, mainly in power unit
• Alcatel to cut 650 jobs in Alcatel Space unit
• American Airlines CEO resigns
• Siemens cautious after Q2 sales, profit fall
• Sony's profit misses target as demand slows

PEOPLE

• New marketing head at Ashok Leyland