Agriculture
Markfed to enter food retailing in a big way
Rabo consortium eyes FCI project
Automobiles
Auto dealers sore over low margins
Leyland to supply 500 chassis to Bangladesh
Strike at another unit of Escorts
Banking and Finance
HSBC upbeat on India; to employ 1,500 more
US watching flow of money more carefully
Breweries
Tasting wine the French way
Cement
Cement sector seeks hike in customs duty
Cigarettes
Tobacco Bill
Corporate
`Cummins will look at options before going in for buyback'
Welspun Gujarat bags Rs 443-crore orders
Changes at L&T
Tata Steel stake in TSSL tops 90 pc
Tata Tea integration with Tetley gaining momentum
Megapode mulls Hawker jet sale
Insurance PSUs turn backs on rights issues
Has Tata Fin fired auditors?
Snowcem buyback at Rs 75 per share
Chinese co, MML mull joint venture
Ear to the ground
Block deals in HDFC Bank
Economy
NCAER lowers GDP growth rate
Minimum support prices -- Reinforce, reform and expand
Sinha pins hopes on last quarter reversal
CBI submits report on Mascarenhas to Aviation Ministry
`New economic regime affecting farmers'
Environment
NRCP funds for tannery sewage project in TN
Tackling green issues in mining projects
Financial Performance
Dabur H1 net up 13.3 pc at Rs 33.3 crore
Mirc Elec net dips
Foreign Trade
India urged to use S. Africa as regional trade gateway
Database to curb valuation frauds likely
Thailand proposes forum for Asian co-operation
Health
Survey finds Indians lax in condom use
Hotels
Domestic focus insulates Indian Hotels
Impact
Indian Rayon/Grasim: At ease
Sandvik Asia: A non-event
Infrastructure
Seamless supply chain -- Handling materials the smarter way
Realtors seek liberal foreign equity policy
Insurance
Still in school? Time to plan your pension
Management
ICFAI B-school ranked AP's best
Miscellaneous
Rules and transgressions -- Punishment without appeal?
Ill-mannered VIPs
Thailand bid to woo Indian film industry
Creativity has a hard time
Mutual Funds
Jardine Fleming to come out with 2 new schemes
Privilege notice on UTI issue
On the hedge
Bearish outlook for L&T, ACC?
Paper/Packaging
JK Paper eyes foreign outsourcing contract
Petroleum
Operatorship of Tapti, Panna-Mukta fields -- ONGC spurns BG's compensation offer
Plantations
Instant coffee gaining popularity: Study
Politics
Will the Benazir charm work?
Power
IBRD fiat to Rajasthan on power reforms
States
Bengal film artistes form co-operative
Separate IT Ministry in AP
Steel
`Induction furnace steel units must innovate'
Stocks
MphasiS BFL rises on fund backing
Britannia seen stable despite buyback closure
BSE investors' guide programme thru Zee Tele
Pharma, cement stocks up; techs languish
First Global promoters to sue Govt for Rs 500 cr
Taxation
Assocham for early VAT
Tea
Assam to reconstitute tea panel
Northern tea estates to go ahead with output cut plan
Technical Analysis
Bears make a comeback
Telecommunications
Govt may withdraw cash from VSNL
Textiles
SITRA lab gets accreditation
Travel & Places
Australia beckons Indians
