Agriculture

Co-operative, not corporate, agriculture
Call to bridge tobacco yield gaps
Airlines
No differences on IA, AI divestment: Yadav
If IA is put on the block again -- DoD not to press for allowing entry to foreign airlines
Automobiles
Labour relations, Hyundai style

Ford to focus on brand-building
Banking and Finance
Tata group files police complaint against Pendse
Chemicals
Price cartelisation charges -- MRTPC dismisses case against chlor-alkali cos
Coal
Govt mulling repeal of Colliery Control Order
Commodities
Bertolli plans to promote olive oil for cooking
Palm oil tariff rates to be revised periodically
Good movement in leather market
Corporate
Crompton looking at ways to exit non-core areas
Bio-informatics: Do Indian cos have it in their genes?
Thermax announces VRS
Honda to make Indian arm an export base
BSES foreign bond cleared
Open offer clause compliance -- Private cos can approach SEBI for exemption: DoD
Jagdish Capoor in Indian Hotels board
Economy
Brain drain
World trade: Who needs a new round?
Business index paints dark `bear' shades
`Special skills needed to meet challenges of globalisation'
BoE Dy Governor to address ICRIER anniversary
WTO: `Implementation issues must not be linked'
Editorial
Monsoon hopes
Environment
The consumption trap
Will green valleys break the silence?
Fast track
Dr Reddy's: On a perception wave
Financial Performance
Rupa net at 1.02 cr
Foreign Trade
Curbs on import of spares under EPCG scheme

India needs better image to attract business: Lord Paul
Dumping probe on porcelain tiles from China, UAE
WTO, Russia and India
Forex
Rupee seen steady in next six months
Hotels
Indian Hotels to expand capital base
Impact
Sterlite Optical: Stemming the decline
Hughes Tele.com: Early linkages still
Information Technology
Unfair recruitment practices
Insurance
IRDA clears Metlife application
Miscellaneous

Tiding Over
Mutual Funds
JM MF ropes in ABN-Amro for accounting services
US-64: Insurance cos keep head above water
Pharmaceuticals
Wockhardt launches anti-depressant drug
Cipla unveils Triomune
Plantations

Coffee harvesting
Policy
ERC tenure extended by a month
Bill in LS to repeal MRTP Act
Money orders via VSAT will minimise delays
Power
SC stays arbitration proceedings -- HC to decide on MERC authority in DPC case
Rubber
Low-cost rubber tapping method developed
States
Protest against smoking ban
45 cases of CRZ rules violation in Karnataka
Female mortality rate lower in AP: Study
CAG raps Bengal PCB's working
Stocks
Lyons Range
Buyback fails to prop up Sterlite Optical
Reliance names brokers for buyback
`Rolling settlement must follow electronic fund transfer facility'
Taxation
Broadcasting cos to discuss service tax
e-com taxation panel seeks further study

India, Austria sign taxation agreement
Tea
Tea import should be no cause for worry
Technical Analysis
Narrow movement
Technology
R. Chidambaram is new TIFAC chief
Telecommunications
W(i)LL Paswan's dream come true?
Bharti Telecom eyeing new foreign partner
Tatas, Hughes in tie-up talks for basic telecom services
Issue of licences to 4th cellular bidders -- Minister denies tender norms violation
Travel & Places

Durga Ma to drive tourist traffic
Tyres
JK outsourcing LCV tyres from Chinese co