Agriculture
Cotton lint prices firm
Agri-concerns
Banking and Finance
Banks to shell out Rs 7,490 cr on VRS
Banks contribute 53.2 pc of total deposits
Banking ethics
Breweries
Yet another split in Shaw Wallace union
Corporate
TTK Prestige coopts independent director
Indian Seamless in supply pact with Invensys
Cosmo Films to expand capacity
`Ind AA+' for Reliance Petro NCD programme
Surana Tele board okays 3:2 bonus
Courts
HC ruling reversed in Municipal levy dispute
Economy
IMF to review `conditionality' norms
WTO: Services, the key for India
Editorial
Protecting banks from market hits
Environment
Search for cleaner fuels: CNG or LPG?
Fast track
Pharma cos: Right formulations
Financial Performance
Varun Shipping net up 81 pc
DCI turnover up 27% at Rs 421-cr
Aztec net profit rises 390 pc
Foreign Trade
`Frequent dumping probes curbing trade with China'
IIFT to launch courses in Tanzania, Mauritius
Impact
Jayshree Tea: Buyback with limits
Pentamedia Graphics: Deal hanging fire
Information Technology
Digital deluge
Huawei bags $4.87-m order
Online Media plans preferential offer
Subex office in Johannesburg
Softwrap, Jasubhai Interactive in pact
Nalanda group forays into IT
New President for Sify division
Satyam senior-level appointment
Jumpstartup pins hopes on tech space
MobiApps opens Indian centre
`IT cos can gain access to Europe from France'
Wilco International buyes TCA Synergo
Software cos' response to US slowdown mature -- `Recruitment more selective now'
IBM plans $200-m Linux investment
Insurance
NTPC takes megarisk insurance cover -- Total value likely to be over Rs 20,000 crore
Miscellaneous
Artistic strokes at IIMC
Ayurveda floors Sumo wrestler
Crouching poachers, training cops
A transparent Goddess of wealth
PSU
SC transfers writ petitions on Balco sell-off to itself
Govt hopeful of SC clearance for Balco divestment
Petroleum
IOC sales turnover crosses Rs 1,00,000 cr
Pharmaceuticals
Development of AIDS vaccine -- Chiron Corp in talks with four Indian cos
Policy
SCOPE offers to aid divestment process
Nomenclature not to hit STC, MMTC divestment
Investor fund to begin operations by month-end
Tax holiday for core sector `not enough'
Shourie pulls up Balco critics -- Centre to convene CMs' meet on disinvestment
Politics
Pakistanisation of India?
Combating money power in US elections
Tehelka and parliamentary paralysis
The Sino-American conundrum
Power
Pinning blame on `motivated actions of State, Centre and MSEB' -- DPC slaps political force majeure
Govt to begin conciliation process
`Failed business model' for Dabhol
TNEB to unveil new wind energy policy soon
Shipping
Cargo handling by Kochi Port surpasses target tonnage
Troy Container Line announces direct service to Indian cities
States
AIF aims to raise $100 million
Panel mooted to study LNG terminal bottlenecks
Marketing tie-ups
`Technical hassle' stalls Dunbar Mills' takeover
Cos evince interest in Bengal wind farms
Steel
Steel freight ceiling scheme off -- Marks completion of decontrol process
Stocks
Lyons Range
Cement companies bask in limelight
Ketan remanded for 4 more days
Needed, regulatory reforms
Tea
Good demand for new season tea at Guwahati sale
Jan-Feb tea output dips
Technical Analysis
Marginal loss
Telecommunications
BSNL cellular tenders for South draw global majors
Tyres
Tyre exports up by 6.57% in Apr-Feb
Tyre body joins bandh against ST hike in Karnataka
