Agriculture
Jute crop estimates put at 94 l bales
FCI urged to buy paddy directly from AP farmers
`Full rice genome sequencing by 2005'
Airlines
LCA does `a beautiful take off and touch down'
Automobiles
Ford sold more Ikons than targeted in 2000
Banking and Finance
Fire on all cylinders, SBI goads employees
Tata Fin board okays rights issue
Cement
The politics of cement in AP
Cement: Builders mull joint strategy, imports
Chemicals
Dumping duty on sodium ferrocyanide recommended
Provisional duty imposed on caustic soda
Commodities
Mathadi workers' strike hits Navi Mumbai trade
Castorseed spot prices recover
Corporate
Tata Steel plans ferro-chrome unit in Australia
LG Electronics plans Rs 100-crore IPO
M&M sets up farm services unit
GE Countrywide in pact with SHCIL
TEAM revamp plan -- Chemfab Chlorates to be merged with Alkalis soon
Godrej-GE part ways in appliances venture -- Name change comes into effect
CII Partnership Summit at Hyderabad -- Special session for interface with Gulf, WANA region
Dunlop bankers split on recovery of dues
Time to act
Director's pay
Essar clarifies
Courts
SC dismisses appeal in mill assets sale case
Economy
Ministry seeks details on NTBs from EPCs
PM's meet with Ministers enthuses trade
`Budget may not tinker with direct taxes'
CII wants surcharge on I-T, corporate tax scrapped
PM's' meeting - absentees or uninvited?
Editorial
RBI stumbles
Fast track
Tata Tea: Perking up?
Financial Performance
Escorts JCB posts Rs 471-cr turnover
Crisil net up 18%
Aztec Q3 turnover zooms
Foreign Trade
EU renews plea for new WTO trade round
Making a mark in foreign trade
Economic sanctions to be reviewed afresh: US Senator
Impact
Alembic: Revenue pep, but...
Larsen & Toubro: More capacity, but...
Binani Ind: Spoke in the wheel
Information Technology
(M)e-business
Sierra Atlantic to acquire majority stake in Optima -- Fresh EGM tomorrow as SEBI norms change
At Pentahome, it's a woman's world
Compaq ties up with QSupport
Shonkh board okays preferential allotment
PwC charts out IT, security strategy for AP e-initiatives
Formulasys plans Rs 50-cr expansion
Kumaran solution for `i-markets'
Globsyn plans software services for telecom
SkyCell to beef up infrastructure -- Investment pegged at Rs 60 cr
Paisapower launches distribution arm
24/7 Customer.com to raise $10 million
Infrastructure
CII seeks liberal tax shield on core projects
Miscellaneous
Stephen Hawking wheels into Mumbai
Partners in begging
Mutual Funds
Sundaram Bond Saver to pay 25 paise/unit
PSU
Making PSUs leaner
Petroleum
Chennai Petroleum `close to finalising' PMC contract
Petrol, diesel to cost more in Mumbai
Plantations
Pepper prices fall
Sharp drop likely in spices export
Politics
Lashkar-e-Toiba: Spreading the jehad
Happy New Year from your PM
Power
HC directive to Karnataka on Nagarjuna power project
Shipping
Cash 'n' carry service
EISA to sort out surcharge issue with Kolkata port
States
AP Govt to drop zero-based budgeting from next fiscal
Paying guest concept in AP tourism
Bengal unveils incentives for industries
Stocks
`Market swings may hit floats by non-US firms'
Old economy stocks miss rally
Nasdaq shepherds tech scrips to a rebound
BSE to introduce new lending scheme
ISE to launch modified carry-forward system
Technical Analysis
Gains not held
Telecommunications
A level-playing field in telecom
Textiles
Readymades removed from SSI list notified
Transport
New subsidy scheme in offing for IWT vessels
