Advertising & Marketing
Tackling inertia - Sandpiper Strong gets leg-up, canned beer launch by April
It is all only by Design
Manage the reputation, rethink the proposition
Need for long-term view of tobacco industry: Study
Volvo launches construction equipment vehicle
Agriculture
Study soon on status of farmers
Airlines
Cabinet clears IA proposal to lower retirement age
Indo-EU aviation pact gets Cabinet nod
Rollback on IA retirement age may affect top brass
Aquaculture
Shrimp market listless
Banking and Finance
Sterile debate on interest rates
Stanchart reopens branch in Kochi
OMO to check `excess enthusiasm'
Union Bank setting up wide area link
Cement
Cement producers for specific excise duty
Corporate
BIFR turns down plea to close Idcol Piping
Blue Chip takes 22.72% stake in Victory Films
Asian Bearing employees go on strike
E-mail facility for Tata Cell subscribers
Tasty Bite aiming at larger domestic share
GTN Textiles setting up fabric processing unit
Vikrant Tyres net up 20 pc
Bears hammer index
Fixed trend in pivotals
Wipro, Infosys mcaps: the powerful `paper money'
Sensex crashes 121 on profit-taking
IDBI told to prepare for IFCI rights bail-out
Courts
HC ruling on tenant dispute set aside
Economy
Inflation watch
`Make globalisation more equitable'
`India should be signatory to TRIPs agreement'
ICAI to revise Guidance Note on excise duty
For investment-grade rating - India needs strong fiscal consolidation: Duff & Phelps
`Unctad must serve as public forum for globalisation'
Editorial
Pruning subsidies
Fast track
Indian Shaving on smooth terrain
Forex
Bonds: Ahead of themselves?
RBI proposes, market disposes
Impact
Shri MM Softek: Seeking stronger background
DSQ Software: Lifted by orders
SAIL: Some breathing space
XO Tronic: Looking at revenue avenues
Information Technology
Microchip Tech plans to set up assembling/manufacturing unit
LCC Infotech to launch tax portal on Budget day
TVS-E roadshows to showcase range
Nettlinx plans gateway, to slot IPO in May
Network Solutions mulls Indian arm
MIT in pact with Satyam Computer
Intel launches e-biz programme
Lastech tool for vernacular e-mail
AIS software quality institute in Chennai
Growing up pangs for IT in banking
Govt `worried' over IT stocks boom
IT briefs
Miscellaneous
RBI wants SHCIL to market Government securities
IL&FS e-com fund mops up Rs 197 crores
Industrial gases producers upbeat
`Bearings industry likely to see more polarisation'
E-xtortion
Tilting at farm income-tax
Bio-tech sector seeks single window clearance in Capital
Shipping PSUs allowed to place orders through nomination route
`Housing to be engine for economic growth'
`Indian tobacco industry must go global'
Misra to look after WTO policy
Mutual Funds
MFs and Gulf NRIs: Made for each other?
PSU
Cabinet panel clears sale of 51 pc NFL equity
Petroleum
Panel soon on ONGC Videsh investment plan
Pharmaceuticals
Export cost by air gradually soaring
Signs of recovery in Chennai box terminal operations
Plantations
`Higher productivity vital to sustain spices export'
Policy
Population policy approved
Politics
`Haiderisation' of Europe?
`Bihar awaits knowledge-based economic development'
Power
PPN signs MoU with BPAmoco for DME
Notification of LNG as CST commodity sought
States
Govt, management toughen stand on Singareni strike
Commodity Referencer released in Kerala
Plans to double Perungulam project capacity
Steel
Cabinet clears SAIL revamp package
A welcome rehab package for SAIL
Stocks
SAIL, DSQ Software, ABB among gainers
Technology
Auto sector: The hi-tech edge
Hydrogen: New production methods
Telecommunications
More time to pay telecom licence dues
