Accountancy
Promises
The power called people
Break from the tradition
Agriculture
TN for State-wise MSP for crops
Grains to be exported `at realistic rates'
Airlines
IA decision to hold fares pays off
Govt keen to enhance AI's intrinsic value
Aquaculture
MPEDA mulls listing for shrimp farms
Banking and Finance
SBI insurance arm to have Rs 500-cr start-up capital
RBI remedy for gridlock found usurious
Yield curve at long end seen steady
SBI projects Rs 8,000-cr capital need in 4 years -- Fresh equity issue ruled out
SBI circle expects IMD collections of $15 m
Coal
Study confirms scope for CIL-ONGC venture
Commodities
$20 m credit guarantee for US agri commodity sales to India
Corporate
J&N plans to hive off industrial unit soon
Godrej Agrovet
ICRA downgrades Escorts' NCD
Schroder Cap takes stake in SunTec
KPMF to pay Rs 3 for Prima Plus
Park to relaunch acquired property
Haldia Petro project cost up 8.3 pc
KSDL's net profit at Rs 17 cr
Kitply expects higher turnover
L&T in slag deal for JVSL's dues
Alcatel launches mobile phone
`ITC subsidiaries investing surplus funds only for profit'
UTI's deposit programme
Asia's top businesswomen
Gati plans Rs 100-crore expansion
CLB may hear Bajoria in Nov
RIL `deal' with FIs for nominees on BSES board
Change in board's composition -- SkyCell MD loses appeal before CLB
Gas supply pact for Assam cracker today
Playing field will be levelled, assures Maran
L&T Board approves demerger of cement division
Maruti employees reject new scheme
Lafarge set to sew deal with Raymond
Reniassance open offer for GESCO
Grasim plans merger of Dharani Cements
Films accorded industry status
High Court approves TEC merger
The glitter fixation
Courts
SC ruling on row over arbitration agreement
Economy
Spurt in inflation: Blessing in disguise for industry?
Hidden dangers of economic reforms
Govt considering foreign equity in print media
China as benchmark
Editorial
Administer more, legislate less
Fast track
Cipla: On firm grounds
Financial Performance
TVS-Suzuki Q2 net drops 18%
Nicholas Piramal net rises
Castrol net slumps
Insilco's H1 net rises 38.24 pc
HCL Infosystems' Q1 net at Rs 19.2 cr
BSL's H1 turnover at Rs 92.52 cr
Himatsingka Seide net up 3.8 pc
Bajaj Auto net slides
Tata Steel net up 76 pc
Pentamedia Graphics H1 net up
Polaris Software H1 net up 47.15 pc
Moser Baer Q2 net zooms
Gati Corp net up
KMML posts improved performance
UTI Bank Q2 net up 158 pc at Rs 19.08 cr
HDFC Bank Q2 net spurts to Rs 49 cr
Food & Dairy Products
Hatsun relaunches `Komatha' milk
Foreign Trade
India, Italy MoU on credit schemes for SMEs
India, Italy urged to raise bilateral trade
Australia sets annual trade target of A$5 b
Forex
Rupee steady
Horticulture
Indo-Australian JV for potato seed production
Impact
Grasim: Expected merger
Goldstone Tech: Firm trends in store
Information Technology
Food portal gets second round financing
HMA STARware to sell Oasis product range
LIFE model to unify Satyam's systems
PharmaGalaxy plans global trading floors
Jindal Online gets stay against Caltiger
Matrix launches accounting package
FSL signs MoU with Nortel for open IP
UTVi crosses content sale target
Cerebra jt venture plans to tap Australian market
Chenab gets Govt recognition
Mdspeak.com tops Alexa ratings
TD Waterhouse to use Wilco platform
CTS achieves SEI-CMM 5 level
Management
IIM-C students organise entrepreneurship contest
Miscellaneous
Muckrakers
The gender game
Soldiering on
A different trend shines in South
Mutual Funds
MF managers falter on promised returns
Petroleum
The oil predicament
Enron to sell oil, gas assets
Plantations
Bearish trend persists in rubber market
Policy
Govt mulling open bidding for AI
Politics
Less statues, more ideals
Power
Bhoruka Power plans to expand hydel capacity
Finance Ministry pins slowdown on power sector
`Reverse escrow' for Karnataka power projects under study
Shipping
Second-hand ship imports to be registered under foreign flag
Ashok Leyland irked by EDI delays at JNPT
States
AP transmission line commissioned
MEDC plans to set up expert panel
Airtel extends e-mail service
Railway Board reviews NF's performance
Blow Plast opens showroom
Tata Cellular in Tirumala
HC stays bonus to municipal staff
Dyeing machines developed
TNEB bonus: Workers plan demonstration
Flood relief: Patil to discuss banks' role
ITA gesture to flood victims
Stocks
Select IT stocks decline
Infotech stocks battered as Sensex plunges
Sugar
`Baseless claims' about poor quality shipment to Bangladesh -- ISGIEIC to file arbitration against Sucden
Technical Analysis
Slide continues
Technology
`Use eco-friendly leather tech to gain global advantage'
Telecommunications
TRAI for open door for VSAT
GoM decision on DTH framework on Oct 29
MTNL cellular services from Jan -- ISD rates may be lowered
Textiles
Bonus accord at most mills in Coimbatore
Transport
Geologistics mulls fray into exhibition logistics
Experts suggest concrete roads to cut losses
Bonded-cargo
Travel & Places
Fleeting images of God's own Country
