Accountancy
Needless ritual?
T Rex
Agriculture
PDS price-cut may pare FCI stocks
Airlines
Thrice-weekly Bangalore-Frankfurt service from Sept -- Lufthansa introductory fare soon
VVIPs, get set for a new jet
Automobiles
New-look Santro launched, price up by Rs 5,000
HM hopes to sell 3200 RTVs this fiscal
M&M plans to expand business portfolio
Commodities
`Make coconut market stable by product diversification'
No ceiling on wheat product exports this year
Record cotton imports despite good crop
Q1 gem & jewellery exports down 15 pc
Corporate
McDonald's India in a fix over franchisee fee to US parent
Energizer to expand battery range
Chagallu distillery sale okayed
Colgate board meet on July 18
Seminar on business process improvement
KGISL plans offshore engg design centre
TVS Logistics to expand services
ICRA-Naredco scheme for real estate developers
Debenture-holders in the dock
CII council to meet in Chennai
Economy
IMF paper doubts India's growth sustainability
`Alternative to WTO is adversity'
Rural incomes vs industry demand -- The blurry beanstalk
Sinha to meet bank, FI chiefs on Friday -- To discuss banks' market exposure, slowdown
`Scrap subsidies not serving social good'
Editorial
VAT countdown
Fast track
Tech cos: Markets breathe easy
Financial Performance
Exide Industries Q1 net slides
OIL posts highest ever PAT
Nalco PAT up
Satyam Q1 net up 141 pc
Foreign Trade
CII sees scope for more trade with Pak
Information Technology
CMC staff rope in Schroder to bid for Govt stake
Security audit a must for digital signatures: Vittal
Management
Extending the learning curve -- How B-schools benefit by sharing knowledge on the Web
Miscellaneous
Policeman's lot
Vajpayee-Musharraf meet -- Media in overdrive
Rich haul
Mutual Funds
New interest regime adds lustre to gilt funds
US-64 package may be firmed up today
Vassal sets off austerity drive
Hard work at UTI
`Bring MFs under SEBI purview'
Prudential ICICI plans for children
Paper/Packaging
Six cos keen to partner HPC in `de-inking' project
Petroleum
CPCL mulls handing over desalination project to external agency
Pharmaceuticals
Ranbaxy looks at France, Mexico for overseas growth
Policy
Cotton procurement scheme extended
Politics
Kashmir: To the summit without sherpas
The Agra rendezvous
Olive branch
Staying on
Power
Judicial probe into Enron issue
Enron looks to Centre for early end to row
Rubber
Ban on import of rubber under ALS -- ATMA urges Govt to reconsider move
Cabinet nod for rubber MSP
States
Bengal cautions investors on `jobs for locals' politics
Jewellery show in Hyderabad
Karnataka mega core projects to get more sops
`ABT system could have averted NTPC-Bengal row'
Stocks
Stock lending resumes after SEBI approval
Mixed trend in CSE
Satyam, Hughes trigger market interest
It is too premature to comment on inquiry: JPC
SC affirms 1-yr RI for Hiten Dalal
JPC takes critical view of SEBI's regulatory role
Brokers up in arms over turnover tax issue
Taxation
Sinha urges Revenue Dept to meet tax collection target
Tea
TN Govt to take part in tea auctions -- Plans to procure 200 t/month
UPASI calls for action against tea adulteration
Heavy rains hit Kerala tea output
Tea Board revises 2000 output
Technical Analysis
Bull domination
Telecommunications
Bharti tops bidders for fourth cell licence
Agrani project launch delayed
Textiles
Court liquidator may seal Raveendra Mills on July 13
