COMPANIES

• Man Industries gets approval from Shell

• IndusInd Telecom to pick up stake in Hutchison Max

• VSNL ties up with Tata Teleservices

• Shasun and Eastman Chemical tie-up

• Ashok Leyland targets $100 million in exports

• BPL Mobile launches Caller Ring Back Tone

• Infosys and Cognizant in Top Five league

• IBM opens Linux competency centre in Bangalore

• Midas merges with Banyan

• Tejas and ITI tie up

• Jataayu to set up office in Korea

• Third branch for Daks in Mumbai
  

GENERAL

• Union Budget slated for July 8
• APEC show in US nets Rs 100 crore orders
• Term for the 12th Finance Commission extended
• World Bank allots $950 million for health
• Petrol, LPG and Diesel rates hiked
• Coking Coal prices up 16.7 per cent
• Coal Videsh Limited to be set up
• Reliance to develop Krishna Godavari gas field
• Trading license for Tata Power
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee down 3 paise
• 2015 and 2028 stock auction
• IDBI Bank plans expansion
• J&K Bank declares 100 per cent dividend
• UCO Bank to diversify operations
• Vijaya Bank on the RTGS grid
• Deutsche Bank net profits up 60 per cent
  

MARKETS

• Markets arrest slide for a day
• Britannia to buy back shares

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• 100 MB free with Yahoo e-mail
• Morgan Chase and Bank One to merge
• Boeing to replace US Navy's Orions

PEOPLE

• Anti-Enron activist Pradyumna Kaul passes away
• New Unisys directors
• Award for Dena Bank chief
• Promotions at O&M
• Electrolux CEO to visit India