COMPANIES

• IdeaSpace and Quintant to merge
• Infosys to take on IBM, Accenture & EDS
• Radio City ownership to be probed
• Cola sales fall by 40 percent
• Pepsi chief says EU norms not relevant for all countries
• Torrent sets ambitious expansion plans
• Taj adopting new biz model
• Hyundai begins export of cars to Europe
• Caterpillar unveils new backhoe loader
  

GENERAL

• Govt to monitor FDI inflows more strictly
• Industrial growth rises to 5.7 per cent in June
• Mashelkar report proposes death for producers of spurious drugs

MARKETS

• FIIs focus on pharma stocks up
• Sensex closes slightly lower
• NTPC deal boosts BHEL
• Sebi widens net to scan FII funds
• Reliance GDR down, SBI up
  

PEOPLE

• Harish Bhat to head Tanishq