• JRD memorial lecture: Premji's five point strategy for national renewal
• Oil India, Indian Oil and ONGC likely to enter into JVs with Norwegian companies
• Trent picks up 76 per cent of Landmark for Rs.103 crore
• Bajaj Hind. and Dhampur Sugar announce acquisitions and expansion plans
• BMW opts for Chennai for its car assembly plant
• M&M to pump Rs.430 crore into dedicated R&D facility
• MERC decides to grant parallel licences to private power companies
• Tata International ties up with German footwear major Lloyd
• Tatas Steel seek Govt. nod to pick up Bharat Coke mines

GENERAL

• Blair to address India-EU business summit at Delhi
• PM sets up group of ministers to reopen talks with Airbus
• Govt invites bids for airport upgrade

• Rupee continues plunge - closes at Rs.44.02
• Advisory council chief, Rangarajan, advocates higher deposit rates
• SBI to make statement about overseas acquisitions in two months
• United Western Bank announces bonus and rights issue

MARKETS

• Premji to reduce holding in Wipro at `appropriate stage'
• Prajay Engineers gets shareholder nod to raise US$75mn
• Himatsingka board to meet Sept.7 for bonus issue, share split
• Shree Renuka Sugars mulls IPO to fund Rs.128 crore expansion
• Simbhaoli Sugar rights issue opens Sept 9

• Mandelson sings a different tune - pleads for imports
• Bank of China float to be handled by UBS and Goldman Sachs
• Goldman Sachs, Allianz and American Express in US$3bn ICBC deal