• Setback for Ranbaxy in Lipitor patent battle
  
• Infosys Q2 profit jumps 35.57 per cent
  
• TCS net up by 81 per cent
  
• Sterling Bio to expand operations
  
• DoT deals Bharti Rs10-crore blow
  
• Infosys on hiring binge in Q2
  
• IA to hike fares by 10 per cent from next week
  
• Aviva Life to hire 7,000 more agents
  
• S Kumars announces 20 per cent growth in turnover
  
• BSNL imposes addl Rs15,000 annual levy on private companies
  
• Triveni engg Q2 net up 45 per cent
  
• CMC net drops 18 per cent
  
• Titan introduces the Raaga Coordinate collection
  

GENERAL

• India, US to sign technology pact
  
• India rejects US, EU moves for farm tariff cuts
  
• Toyota, 24 other projects cleared by Karnataka government
  
• Domestic gold price hits a new high
  
• India-China trade up 40 per cent in Q1

• Rupee falls
  
• Dena Bank to invest Rs150 crore in core banking platform
  
• IL&FS profit up 158 per cent
  
• Syndicate Bank introduces rural housing scheme for women

MARKETS

• RBI steps in to arrest rupee fall below 45 mark
  
• BoB plans Rs1,600-crore public issue

INTERNATIONAL

• Crude oil prices up in Asia
  
• Hutchison has more than 10 million global 3G users
  
• iPods skyrockets Apple's revenues
  
• Microsoft, Yahoo strike a deal for messaging

PEOPLE

• Narayana Murthy to retire as executive chairman in August 2006
  
• Amul VP arrested for cheating