COMPANIES

• MGL seeks delay in public float to '05
• TCS to set up Linux lab in Delhi, ropes in IBM, CA
• Infosys puts off ADR issue till July to 'beat the heat'
• Bajaj Auto sales down 5.9 per cent in May
• Mumbai Port's Ballard Pier extension plan gets cruise cos' lukewarm response
• VSNL's IPLC volumes tripple in '03
• ONGC, Reliance find place in FT Global 500 list this year
• STAR, Sony put content firms on notice
• Ranbaxy to fly with `Vision Garuda' to scale new peak
• CESC plans Rs 9-cr resort near Budge Budge unit
• GAIL makes counter offer for Haldia Petro
• Bharat Scans opens new centre in Chennai

GENERAL

• India, SA & Brazil to finalise Rainbow Coalition next week
• Imports register A record 40 per cent jump in April, exports sluggish

BANKING AND FINANCE

• LIC Housing Fin Q4 net up 32 pc
• Bank of Maharashtra plans to go global
• SBH net at Rs 301 cr; to pay 100 pc
• BoB plans corporate service branches in Chennai, Hyderabad

CAPITAL MARKET

• Market may remain positive with a check on bank stocks
• Birla Sun Life taps Gulf market for offshore fund

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Dossier fuels speculation on sale of Fayed's Harrods
• PM to discuss developing economies at G-8
• HP ousts IBM - IDC from No 1 server computer slot
• McDonald's sues Italy's food critic

PEOPLE

• Barista chief says it's time for a sabbatical
• KSA Technopak's Rajan Chibba quits