Agriculture
France buys soyameal -- EU ban triggers flood of enquiries
Research project to evolve Vit A-fortified mustard -- TERI, Monsanto, Michigan varsity ink pact
Domestic animal diversity under threat, warns FAO
Rice exports from FCI stocks
MPs petition PM on Paroda's removal
Airlines
Alliance Air to station leased aircraft in Mumbai
Through check-in facilities -- Jet Air in talks with Saudi, Kuwait airlines
Stanchart loan for aircraft purchase
Aquaculture
Indian trawlers line Myanmar coast
Automobiles
Ministry studies impact of Maruti sell-off on suppliers -- ACMA not worried on scenario
UK auto parts makers' team coming in Feb
Banking and Finance
ICICI Bank, BoM merger on cards
UTI Bank plans to raise fresh capital
Mobile banking!
An hour in the life of a bank branch manager
PNB cuts rates on FCNR (B) deposits
Centurion Bank gets nod for 15 more branches
ICC plans to extend card defaulters database
Cartoon
``I am very clear in my mind. If it's a Friday, I want a mosque -- but I prefer a temple on Saturdays.''
Coal
`Synthetic petrol from coal in 5 years' -- Tie-up with Sasol Mining mooted
Corporate
Goodlass plans internal revamp
Revival recipe for MCFL sanctioned
Said to take over as Pfizer India MD
Eveready to sell last Darjeeling estate for Rs 2.15 cr
Ciba Speciality board approves merger of arms
Game to make crorepatis of phone cos
Godrej Soaps demerger okayed -- Equity being split at 60:40
In-house concierge at your service
Licensing norm relaxed for SEZs, EPZs
`Local gangs behind Garware kidnap'
Increase in marine product exports
Hindalco to buy Grasim's 10 pc stake in BCCL
C&N-Thomas Cook deal `not to impact' TCIL operations
Courts
Access to drinking water is fundamental right, says SC -- No polluting unit within 10 km of lakes, AP told
SC ruling on value of imported goods
Economy
Scrap corporate surcharge, Central sales tax: Assocham
ORG-MARG survey tracks attitudes of elite
Globalisation has no say here
CII workshop on farm productivity from Dec 16
`India calling' meet for NRIs
What holds the euro down?
Economic policy -- I -- The interconnected aspects
Ad hocism in policies
Editorial
Crude relents
Fast track
Opening up to firm trends
Foreign Trade
DGFT norms for 55 export items
Forex
Greenspan sounds cautions against excessive slowdown; euro surges
Re stable in dull trading; call steady at 8-8.05 pc
Impact
Thomas Cook: More interest in store
Eveready: Low charge
Information Technology
Walk the red carpet in Germany...
Analog centre to focus on mixed tech
eseebargain.com plans to invest Rs 6-7 cr soon
Kshema to open research centre
Mold-Tek opens facility, seals pact with US firm
Bathina Tech acquires US firm
Motorola to invest $40-50 in SDC
Bluetooth begins to make an appearance
NTT DoCoMo to unveil 3G systems by May
`Net set to change face of trade fairs'
`Open source code will drive standards'
Wilnetonline commissions gateway
Infrastructure
Evacuation of iron ore -- Rio Tinto-OMC venture studying port options
Insurance
Insurance not seen as an investment: Study
Miscellaneous
Public schooling, the swadeshi style
Hard talk
Star struck
PSU
Draft rehab scheme for Southern Ferro circulated
Petroleum
Refinery margins under pressure
Crude oil prices may stabilise at $26-27'
Plantations
Kerala planters plea for higher import duty
Weak demand at ICTA auctions
Politics
Temple talk
Power
CLP Power committed to Mangalore project -- Status quo till financial package is in place
KfW keen to fund more projects
States
Global meet to put Kerala on fast track of growth
Mahratta chamber sets up panel on bio-technology
Two thermal projects awaiting Cabinet nod
FAPCCI refutes tax evasion charges
`Advisory price for sugarcane inadequate'
NTC employees abstain from work
Stocks
Malegam panel gives go-ahead for disclosures during trading hours
VSNL revs up on hopes of divestment
LYONS RANGE
Taxation
`Retain specific duty structure on tobacco'
Credit shrink
Valuation goof-up
The penalty conundrum
Cleaning the Augean stables
Tax collections up 17.5 pc in Apr-Nov
Quote bank a/c No to speed up I-T refunds
Technical Analysis
Uptrend intact
Textiles
Reduce excise duty on cotton yarn: PDEXCIL
