COMPANIES

• Nicholas Piramal acquires rights for Dobutrex
• Thermax ropes in McKinsey for operational revamp
• BPL-Sanyo announce Rs.500 crore joint venture
• GSM cell phone companies apply for 3G spectrum
• Hughes Soft Q1 net up 63 per cent
• NIIT net profit up at Rs.7.5 crore
• Hinduja TMT Q1 net up
• Tata Infotech net at Rs.13 crore
• Kale Consultants net down 37 per cent
• Patni Computer Q2 revenues up 33 per cent
  

GENERAL

• Monsoon: With good showers hopes revive
• Third round of Indo-China border talks conclude
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee firms up further
• Oriental Bank confident about amalgamation
• ICRA puts Oriental Bank bonds under watch
• BoB Q1 net up 20 per cent
• SBI Q1 net up 17.55 per cent
• Vijaya Bank Q1 net up 20 per cent
  

MARKETS

• Markets: Profit booking for the day
• CSE member suspended

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• MyDoom.O causing denial of service attacks
• Google acknowledges MyDoom virus attack
• ACC-1001: Revolutionary ethernet accelerator

PEOPLE

• Change of guard at Thermax