Agriculture
Palm oil price slide impacts OPIL plans
Wheat demand-supply seen stable next year: IGC
Farm reforms not sufficient: OECD
Airlines
Jet Airways to connect Delhi, Bagdogra
If bidding process fails -- Govt open to IPO route for AI, IA
IA hopes to cash in on Bill Clinton factor
Aquaculture
Domestic units nervous over huge import of prawn seeds
Automobiles
`Lead acid battery units hit by cheap imports'
Banking and Finance
IDBI acting CMD re-appointed
Ex-chief of MMCB arrested
Tighter RBI norms
Cement
Higher depreciation due to new projects: ACC
Corporate
T.C. Goel takes over at Dunlop
GM's denial
Entrepreneur programme
Mckinsey to do growth study for Saregama
Abhishek Ind takes up Rs 60-crore expansion
PGM Entertainment to go Kollywood in Hollywood
RIL hikes outlay for infotech venture
Buyback extended; FII limit hike on cards
VSNL earmarks Rs 2,000 cr for capital expenses
Watching outcome of Enron issue: Ambani
Kesoram board to consider merger report on May 4
Courts
SC allows appeal in Customs duty case
Economy
ADB to provide over $5 b assistance to India
Financial reform and bank fragility
IMF-World Bank group meetings -- Taking over others' turfs
Review IMF clauses: India
Editorial
Limited progress
Fast track
Sluggish earnings sends TVS Suzuki skidding
Financial Performance
Century Textiles net jumps 56%
Super Spinning Mills register 35 pc growth
Panacea Biotech net profit at Rs 35.14 crore
Thiru Arooran Sugars net profit at Rs 6.43 crore
Madhucon Projects net profit at Rs 8.63 lakh
Grasim net up 62 pc; to pay 80 pc
Heritage Foods net profit at Rs 2.27 crore
DSQ Software net at Rs 28 cr in Q1
Hind Lever Chem net profit declines to Rs 3.99 crore
MRF's Q2 net dips 75 pc to Rs 4.28 cr
GMDC posts Rs 62.19-cr net
CESC register loss
Roofit Ind net rises 19.23 pc
Reliance Industries -- Slipping up for the first time
Knoll Pharma net profit declines
Shipping Corporation net profit zooms to Rs 401.59 crore
Reliance Q4 net down 21 pc -- Full year's profit increases 10 pc to Rs 2,646 cr
ACC turns around, PAT at Rs 47.48 cr
VSNL net up 88% at Rs 1,577 cr
Ranbaxy Q1 PAT up 46.8 pc
Reliance Petro posts Rs 1,464-cr profit
GTB posts Q4 loss
GTB posts Rs 22 cr net loss in Q4 -- Earmarks funds to cushion future shocks in capital market
MRO-Tek income up at Rs 124.86 crore
Soffia Software Q3 net triples
SSI Q3 net up 68 pc
Nucleus Software net up to Rs 9.55 cr
Foreign Trade
Multilateral rules on FDI
Time ripe for expanding trade with Africa: Omar
Impact
Kesoram Ind: Buyback beckons
Reliance Petroleum: Higher stake
Raymond: Buyback over and done with
Information Technology
Aptech, Pasona form alliance
SSI focus on `slump' plan -- Software division grows 200 per cent
Telemedicine project for Pune PHCs
StepStone offices at Bangalore, Delhi
Zensar bags Honeywell order
Sobha ties up with Norwegian co
Infrastructure
`Service tax will hit funding by banks, NBFCs'
Mutual Funds
JM Mutual plans gilt fund series
PSU
PSU and USP
Pharmaceuticals
MRTPC clean chit to Knoll Pharma
Four-fold growth in pharma sector forecast
Politics
Much tehelka about...
Power
Enron renegotiation panel announced
Eco-friendly power generation tech from BHEL
AP Transco efforts to reduce losses in distribution
Shipping
Decision on new site for Kakinada LNG terminal likely soon
ONGC drilling unit completes repair works at Kochi
BA World Cargo plans Kolkata service
States
Unusually `wet summer' for Kerala
Gujarat imposes 2 pc cess on petro-products
Govt plans GPS to monitor APSRTC fleet
Cyberabad waterless
Stocks
Buying spree in tech stocks
Infosys chips in with handsome gains
Tea
CTCs in demand at Guwahati auction
Technical Analysis
Bull domination
Telecommunications
DoT immobilised over limited mobility
Textiles
Non-branded garments -- Fabric makers seek rethink on excise
Extend TUFS to cover all segments: Panel
`Crisis of confidence' among Sircilla weavers -- AP proposes strategic tie-ups to market handloom products
Transport
IA set to computerise cargo handling, marketing services
Not a cool move
Tyres
Passenger car tyre imports declining
