COMPANIES

• Escorts to begin tractor exports to SE Asia
• Gujarat Alkalies to reconstruct Rs 765-cr debt
• Cox & Kings may sell stake in Good Relations
• Monnet Ispat plans mega debt recast
• MMTC targets Rs 7,120-crore turnover
• Usha Ispat case: FIs told to clarify on financing steel projects
• Hindalco boosted by value addition
• Hero Honda sales decline 1.2%
• Shoppers' Stop records sharp rise in profit
• Auto sector upswing revs up 3M India sales
• Companies dump new corporate governance
• CII to open office in Baghdad
• Yash Birla group plans entry into horticulture sector

GENERAL

• Indo-Japanese relations set for a great spring
• Textile row: Indo-EU negotiations on May 7
• Tripartite talks to operationalise north-south route
• UP traders to pay less tax, car owners more

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Bangalore airport project: 3 insurers in fray for risk cover
• Rakesh Mohan allays fears on inflation
• Banks reconciled to discount on debt buyback
• Banks not on the same wavelength on PLR cut
• GTB promoters offload equity
• PSBs seek pref share route for capital expansion
• RBI to auction Rs 9,000-crore dated papers
• Bank of India launches global debit card
• BoI awaits Centre's nod for second VRS
• Lord Krishna to focus on retail lending

CAPITAL MARKET

• GTB promoters offload equity
• Oil segment in `Nifty basket' to increase

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Euro scales four-year high on bleak US outlook
• Tech companies profit from investments, cash
• Wall St firms face lawsuits as investors burn fingers
• Australian investors pounce on brothel shares
• Former Enron execs charged in new indictments
• Australia's Telstra denies using cheap Indian IT workforce

PEOPLE

• Anand Mahindra takes over as CII chief