• Tata brand may be valued at US$6bn
• Tata Tea looking at a billion dollar acquisition in the Americas
• BSNL slashes broadband rates by half
• NTPC capital outlay pegged at Rs.8,550 crore
• Philips India re-christened as Philips Electronics India Ltd
• M&M launches Champion Alfa, a half-ton payload carrier
• Tatas' Rs1 lakh car headed for a 2007-08 launch
• L&T secures Rs.467 crore contracts in the Gulf
• Ashok Leyland July sales up 11.5 per cent
• Hughes slashes satellite bandwidth prices by 40 per cent

GENERAL

• India, Pak trade talks: Air, shipping, financial and market sectors revisited
• India, Mauritius to expedite work on economic cooperation agreement
• July additions for mobile subscribers up 4.36 per cent

• Rupee steady - gilts decline
• Magma Leasing gross profits up 62 per cent
• HDFC and MasterCard launch Titanium Card

MARKETS