Advertising & Marketing
AOL-Time Warner merger
LMW to launch new products
Godrej Soaps re-enters market for blue detergent bars with Trilo
Agriculture
`Bt cotton trials show yield rise'
Exporters data being compiled for UAE directory
Airlines
Draft aviation policy lays stress on pvt investment
Airports lease: Contracts likely by year-end
Aquaculture
Nabard thrust to fresh water prawn culture
Automobiles
Piaggio Greaves to expand product range
Auto industry told to upgrade technology
Banking and Finance
Karnataka Govt stock oversubscribed
Review of interest rate cut ruled out
CLB appoints board of directors for RBF Nidhi
ICICI Bank drops deposit rates
`NOF: No extension of time for NBFCs'
CII meet on finance next month
I-Sec bullish on interest rates
Rabobank seeks nod for merchant banking arm
`HDFC rate cut for NRIs to boost property market'
Syndicate Bank nets Rs 207.05 cr for nine months
IDBI may lower flexibonds rates
NHB plans to tap more global funding agencies next fiscal
Chemicals
Pesticides makers' body ties up with UK research firm
Corporate
SRF net at Rs 6.70 cr in Q3
Bhagyanagar Metals Q3 net up 31%, turns debt-free
Panel discusses MCF revival scheme
Two bids for NGEF takeover
Surana Telecom 9-month net up 794%
Guj Healthcare winding up order confirmed
NSE drops suspension of Videocon
BIFR for new management in Gujarat Perstorp
Negative list for FDI soon: Maran
RESULTS
`TDL merger will add to Alstom's reserves'
RESULTS
Tata Tea GDR issue to get Ministry nod
PFC to buy-back 20% equity before current fiscal ends
Aditya Birla group ties up with Lawson Software
LG to infuse $50 m into Indian arm
Economy
INFLATION WATCH
Africa Interest group set up to boost trade
We are keen on insurance sector, says ADB chief
Chidambaram raps Govt on QR pact with US
Crude output in April-Dec 1999 drops 0.4%
Radical steps to spur exports likely in Exim Policy
Excise exemption restored for cigarette units in N-E
CII sees scope to scrap surcharge on corporate I-T
Editorial
Tactical turbulence
Fertilisers
RCF awaits nod for Thal plant capacity expansion
Forex
Stock prices will drive interest rates
Impact
Max India: The investing angle
Information Technology
GNFC mulls major foray into IT
Pentafour Comm net at Rs 21 cr
WINDOWS
PPP scooting up the value chain
Godrej to float infotech unit
Ishoni secures $8.5-m funding
Zylog to go for pvt placement
CMG strikes Corba pacts
Kaashyap Radiant in eBuy tie-up with LG Soft India
PPP scooting up the value chain
Godrej plans IPO for Geometric Software
Miscellaneous
CAs urged to get ready for competition
Report on reservoir stimulation released
DOWN TO EARTH: The global Quango connection
LETTERS
Joseph Stiglitz versus World Bank Group -- Minimalist govts and free-market fundamentalism
Dress code
Mundra port to handle MMTC coal consignment
India asks US to lift sanctions
Partial operations at Haldia dock
Port workers go on indefinite strike
Work at ports in South badly hit
Mutual Funds
Zurich fund guarded on software stocks
Policy
Tannery modernisation scheme launched
States
Idukki farmers facing wildlife problem
Plantations in TN `caught in a web'
AP database for micro-planning
`Co-ops must seek tie-up with public, pvt sectors'
AP clears GAIL's piped gas scheme
Stocks
SEBI mulls 12% circuit breaker across-the-board
Auto cos go through rerating
Select infotech stocks log gains
Equities weaken, but Sensex goes up
Technical Analysis
Downtrend initiated
Technology
New products from Indian laboratories -- Cost-effective water purifier
Telecommunications
HC quashes CPP regime -- TRAI directed to devise alternative scheme
Cellular mobile services -- Call to bring down entry barrier
Transport
Strike hits 50 pc operations at ports
Pvt terminals unaffected by port stir
