COMPANIES

• Essar Oil's first retail to come up next month
• Punjab Chemicals takes over Alpha Drugs
• IP Rings to expand
• Coffee Day aims at Rs 330-cr turnover
• Mid Day Multi to confine to Mumbai
• D Data offers optical disc technology
• HCL Perot bullish on healthcare space
• Leapstone centre develop tech for Verizon
• Tata Infotech rejigs training business

GENERAL

• Prime Minister promises 20 lakh jobs in rural areas

BANKING AND FINANCE

• ICICI Bank combine in a spot
• Brokers to move court over IRDA move on lowering fees
• Jalan cautions against short-term ECBs
• Syndicate Bank not for fresh VRS
• Corporation Bank ties up with ECGC
  

MARKETS

• Deccan Cements to consolidate holding via preferential offer
• HSE Securities gets BSE membership
• Assets under mutual funds up 7.7 percent in July

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• US, Canada slowly recover from power outage
• BNP Paribas to invest $45 million in Indian arm

PEOPLE

• Padmasree Warrior appointed CTO of Motorola