COMPANIES

• RITES registers record turnover of Rs 322 crore
• DRL to take drug development till final stage on its own
• A-I, Lufthansa tie up for joint India-US flight operations
• Volkswagen team visits Pune MIDC site
• Colgate-Palmolive declares Rs 2.25 interim dividend
• Nestle signs buyback pact with BNIL
• Avis Tie Up consolidates stake in Texmaco
• Ranbaxy, Manipal Group join hands for research centre

GENERAL

• Mumbai attacked again ten years after
• SEZ exports cross Rs 10,000 cr-mark
• India to lead Asia to 5.5% growth: Report
• IRDA sets up two working groups

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Banks mull interest rate cuts, but may hold on
• Union Bank to defer Rs 250-cr bond issue
• Euronet’s shared ATM network goes live
• HDFC Bank introduces mobile point-of-sale terminals
• WDM trades touch record high of Rs 13,912 crore
• Andhra Bank, IDBI Bank Tie-up For ATM Sharing
• UCO Bank IPO opens on Sept 3
• CIFCO, Sundaram Finance to get $72.5-m IFC loans
• Cauvery Grameena Bank bets big on financing SHGs
• IFC to extend Rs 100-cr credit line to Chola

MARKETS

• Kochi Refineries counter sees large volume
• NIIT witnesses hectic activity
• Markets tremble, Sensex down 120 points
• NSE to start F&O trading in 8 bank stocks