COMPANIES

• SRF plans to buy out Du Pont plant
• Foreign investors plan action against Essar
• Thapar group plans holding company
• VSNL plans JV with British Telecom
• VSNL funds not pledged to Agrani project
• IOC divestment in January
• Hindustan Motors appeals
• Airline reservation companies make interim payment
• Marigold to invest in Trigent Software
• FIs hand over hospital to Sankara Mutt
• Sri Adhikari Bros to launch Hindi channel
• TI to shift focus on designing
• Tata moots Asian car project
• Indica sent overseas for evaluation
• Mobile card from Essar
• IDBI to sell Raasi shares to India Cements
• Ajanta Pharma gets S. African patent
• Swagelok plans India hub
• Unilever cutting down brands
• Banks to take charge of 3 Daewoo units
• Seiko Epson plans subsidiary in India
• Vodafone in talks with Bell Atlantic
• Samsung aims to be No 3 in GSM phone market
• Hyundai officials questioned

GENERAL

• Indian ‘Pusa no.1’ variety not considered basmati by UK
• Calcutta Port Trust plans huge investments
• Centurion Bank focuses on the treasury
• PFs not investing in unrated securities
• Tax department doing fine
• Birla Sun Life aims high
• Natwest’s bid to take over UK insurance co L&G

CAPITAL MARKET

• Markets shoot up
• NSE starts 3-day trading cycle
• Public offer by VSNL
• L&T garners Rs.150 crore
• JM Mutual’s gilt issue opens on 15 September
• Bharti faces investor wrath
• ASE sends messenger to Reliance
• Pledged shares profile changing
• Equity restructuring by 400 companies