COMPANIES

• AV Birla group overseas focus growing
• Daewoo JV plans to enter CTV market
• Haier to set up R&D Centre in India
• Punjab Tractors' sales grow by 6 percent
• MRPL declares 551cr net for quarter ended
  March '04
• Coca-Cola to extend India plan in South Asia
• Air-India`s no frills airline to be launched by
  March next year

GENERAL

• Monsoons on time
• India Inc does well, total sales up 22 percent
• Duty-free status for life-saving drugs to stay
• CII study indicates increased business confidence
  but fall in expectations
• Edible oils prices to fall
• Cenvat duty credit to TN textile producers restored

BANKING AND FINANCE

• RBI lays guidelines for DFIs
• Sahara Mutual on expansion drive
• ICICI insurance cos to go public
  

MARKETS

• FIIs net outflows at Rs 3,436 crore in May
• NIIT to raise Rs 100 cr from market
• Weak futures indicate bearish market
• CMP takes toll on rupee, bonds follow suit
• US stocks end firm

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Fiat names new chairman
• Bank of Ireland chief resign