Advertising & Marketing
Ranjan Kapur quits AAAI post
Usha ties up with Honda Siel for pumpsets
Webshastra opens doors for Net advertising
Chennai retailers front seeks dynamic laws
Agriculture
Edible oil imports continue to rise
Airlines
`Star' members keen to enhance India services
`Raw deal for IA in eastern region'
Banking and Finance
HDFC slashes interest rates
Co-branded credit card from IDBI, Standard Chartered
The future is in e-banking: Kamath
Centralised banking project -- BoI awaits final World Bank okay
ICICI Home Fin cuts loan rates by 50 bps
Cartoon
``Whoever! Wherever! Whenever! I don't care if you fail in exams, but I won't tell you who said 'what goes up should come down'!''
Commodities
Onion exports eased further, palmolein issue price cut
MMTC gets BIS approval for hallmarking unit
Corporate
NSE expanding network with extra bandwidth on Insat 3B
HDFC takes 12.5 pc in construction portal
Centre decides to give excess HFC land to IOC
Fall in prices may pare ITI Palakkad's turnover
`Philips not to enter software'
Linc Pen to merge group units
Amul `Masti Dahi' enters northern markets
Moulinex to pick up 91 pc in proposed venture with Gravs
Nestle SA, Dabur may compromise
Economy
More States to come out with HDRs
Poverty reduction will be tough, warns World Bank report
Globalisation and growth with equity
Govt weighs ESOP option in 3 PSUs
`Mauritian FIIs won't be taxed on capital gains'
Editorial
`Uneven progress'
Fast track
Abbott Labs: Healthy prescription
Impact
CRISIL: Revenue in dotcom space
Max India: More investments in IT
Information Technology
Verve Online launches Web site on management
Max India to invest $11 m in two US infotech firms
Citrix to acquire Powertel Boca
Caution marks funding for dotcoms
Tata Cell launches Net browsing service in AP
R.S. Soft net up, plans growth
Applying patent laws for computer programs
Vital Comm all set for travel portal launch
TNPL Infotech to offer ERP package, plans vortal
IT briefs
Aspect-i2 bullish on Indian market
Infrastructure
SPV route for Delhi-Gurgaon expressway
Miscellaneous
Fixing sports
Former PMs challenge reforms
PESB axed
Ports draw upon 90.15 pc of Plan outlay
International status for six airports approved
HC cautioned on exercise of Cr.PC Our Legal Correspondent
Mutual Funds
Dewan Housing Fin foray into MF
Petroleum
BPCL pipeline to stretch up to UP refinery
Cochin Refineries, BPCL link-up under way: Naik
Plantations
Trade misgivings over coffee retention
Prices lower, demand better at coffee sale
STC told to buy rubber
Power
REC cuts rates on short-term loans
Shipping
JNPT posts 33 pc growth in container throughput
Kochi port to handle wooden logs, cars, benzene
GL sets Rs 100-cr turnover target
VPT sets record in coal handling
States
SIMA official rues state of Kerala textile sector
TN farmers' market expansion opposed
Foundation laid for Indmax unit of Guwahati refinery
Steel
Iron & steel PSUs' outlay scaled down
Stocks
Tech stocks take a beating
Sensex suffers Reliance, Nasdaq blows, drops 254
2 clearing-house members for DSE
Technical Analysis
Index turns bearish
Telecommunications
TRAI: Looking ahead with hope
Textiles
Texprocil sore over DEPB credit rates revision
Transport
Separate cadre for Metro Rail okayed
