• VSNL slashes international bandwidth tariffs by 45 per cent
• HAL to build Russian AL-55 jet engines to power its trainer aircraft
• BPO identity theft scam: Nasscom concerned at entrapment operations
• ONGC's Bokaro block to begin coal bed methane production in 2008
• ITC to set up a greenfield ECF paper plant
• VSNL signs shareholder agreement for second fixed line telephony operator in South Africa
• AT&T to set up IP-VPN for TCS offices worldwide
• O&M, India and Interflow, Pakistan, tie up for outdoor media solutions

GENERAL

• Weak monsoon revival
• India's July exports up 26.8 per cent to US$7.2bn
• Chidambaram: Govt. to call off strategic sale in profit-making PSUs
• Oil price hike: Common man will not bear the brunt, says Aiyar
• Amended Factory Bill permits women to work in night shifts
• Govt. collects Rs.583 crore from FBT in Q1 - BCTT yields Rs.20 crore
• Q1 PC sales cross one million mark for the first time in the country

• Rupee in range - securities weak
• Rs.8,000-crore bonds auction
• PNB to launch subsidiary for IT-related functions
• Another Vietnam bank customer for i-flex CBS
• Banking reform bill: Govt. not to reduce stake in banks below 51 per cent
• Dena Bank and SIDBI to co-finance SME and other sectors

MARKETS

• China, US start technical talks over textile imports
• Oil prices dampen Wal-Mart's Q2 performance

• V. Sumantran exits Tata Motors