Accountancy
Business environment and IT -- II
Agriculture
Arecanut imports unlikely after duty hike: Campco

Green thumbs up
Airlines
Sir Richard shows the way
AI panel favours 60-tonne freighter for wet leasing
Auditing
Insurance, pension funds will prop market: Sinha
Automobiles
Maruti plans renewed push for Wagon-R
Banking and Finance
Banks need reforms
Book Review
Changing Value Chain
The business of charity
Talking About Organization Science
FM made easy
Commodities
Gold may bounce back after BoE sale
Views may be sought on HLL entry into agarbathis
Consumer Notes
From convenience to consumerism
Corporate
RINL aims at cutting costs by Rs 100 cr
Hikal Chemical finalising tie-up with multinational
Zeneca plans rice biotech venture in India

Wheels of fortune

A moving performance

Swaying power
Govt to stop FI funding of takeovers by foreign cos
Himatsingka Siede Q1 net, sales rise
Economy
Clipping the wings of security analysts
An argument for controls on fund flow
Investors should overweight Europe
Editorial
Dithering on textiles
Environment

Skeletal impact
Excise and customs law
The new set of Cenvat rules -- II
Forex
Corporates urged to hedge exposures
Reality check in Japan
Health
Breathe insulin, get over diabetes
Hotels

Hungry for change?
Impact
Sugar: Not so sweet news
Information Technology
Sentiment for tech scrips retreats
Satyam Infoway portal for plastic industry
Zap Infotech to increase exposure in mobile commerce
`Bandwidth shortage to be straightened out soon'
Datacom equipment market to reach $ 9 b in Asia-Pacific: IDC
Summit Infotech plans joint ventures in US, Europe
Firstandsecond.com ties up with Zeelearn.com
Infrastructure
Pact on Russia corridor by September
Miscellaneous
Non-column!
Silver lining
IBRD aid to fight AIDS in Africa
Website on child issues launched
Mutual Funds
MF market set for a week of action
PSU
PSU sell-off: Mehta moots book-building
Petroleum
SISMA plea to mix surplus alcohol with petrol -- `Will result in substantial forex savings'
Plantations
Cashew cultivation in Maharashtra picking
Policy
Disinvestment: New twists and turns
The `marketing intent' of WTO
Strategy for WTO talks with EU ready
Power
Enron offers Dhabol power to Karnataka at Rs 2.62
States
North Malabar Gramin Bank posts Rs 15.55 cr net
BPL Mobile brings TN, Kerala under one network
Rise in SIDBI advances in Kerala
Jus' Kidding opened in Chennai
TN farmers' markets to gain from cold storages
Stocks
Tech shares poised to move sideways
Set to expand
Eves at BSE

PM tells SEBI, RBI to strengthen regulation
Rathi seeks task group for capital markets
Taxation
New rules for excise valuation of goods notified
Telecommunications

New show on the block
`IBRD loan not linked to DoT corporatisation'
Textiles
New textiles policy before monsoon session, says Rana
Meet convened to resolve spun silk industry crisis
Transport
Gangavaram port -- AP Govt not all at sea now
Ocean freight market buoyant
SCI disinvestment -- Govt. `shipping' out of SCI
Bhubaneswar-Paradip highway -- A new road for Orissa
P&O Ports sails away with CCT project
Travel & Places

Get off at Bhopal

Forever bright

French countryside