COMPANIES

• IBM Global to increase manpower in India to 10,000 by '05
• ONGC office staff strike work
• TV18 hikes stake in CNBC joint venture
• US embassy enters the cola battle
• Fedders Lloyd moves into bus AC, truck refrigeration
• Mumbai Fast to be broadcast on Zee News
• Ceat gets quality accreditation
• AIR declares gross revenues of Rs 131 cr in '02-03
• Two Tata group units sign pact
• HLL rationalizes portfolio
• Coke withdraws petition from Supreme Court
• Dept of Space gives go ahead for Star News uplink
• Bangalore hosts Auto Expo
• Fiat India signs wage pact with union
  

GENERAL

• HC questions waiver of import duty for Sachin's Ferrari

BANKING AND FINANCE

• StanChart setting up NBFC
• Kotak Mahindra offers home finance products
• Tata AIG introduces health insurance with life cover
• Indian Bank to offer products to suit customers

MARKETS

• UTI mulls IPO launch
• Equity funds do well
• Cement, steel stocks rise
• iGate up on joint venture news
• Gillette India up on revamp news
• MTNL up on capital expenditure plan
• Sensex up 1,000 points since April 25

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• US retail sales surge in July
• News Corp Q4 net at $370m

PEOPLE

• Aventis India MD to be head of respiratory sales, US
• Senior executives quit IDBI Bank