COMPANIES

• Hewlett-Packard to consolidate sales, support operations
• ICRA acquires 33% stake in Online IndiaCapital
• IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects to offer stock options
• Stanchart Private Equity to invest $11 million in NDTV
• Tanishq sales up 39% to Rs 332 crore
• DaimlerChrysler unveils new C-class Kompressor
• Bhilai Steel production rises 24% in April-June
• IOC may set up plant to convert residue coke to petrol
• Fiat India to restructure its capital
• Eicher Motors sales grow 32% in June
• Bajaj Auto to raise dealer network to 500

GENERAL

• Food grains output down 13.9% to 183 million tonnes

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Kerala banks sweat it out
• RBI dates for line of credit on exports to Sri Lanka
• NHB sells entire stake in Vysya Bank Housing Finance
• SBI home loan package for Kerala varsity staff
• New India to extend cover to SBI loanees

CAPITAL MARKET

• Tech stocks witness huge volatility
• FII investments surpass Rs 10,000 crore in 2003
• Banks, pharma stocks lead the race
• Rupee rises

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• WorldCom to pay $250 million
• Rating agencies warn of probable cut in California's rating
• Vivendi former CEO moves court for $24m in severance

PEOPLE

• Raghuram Rajan appointed as IMF chief economist