TOP HEADLINES
• DPC lenders appoint Stone & Webster
• Escorts sells motorcycle stake at Rs 100/share
• Job scene optimistic for India's tech workers
• CSE to use all legal means to recover money
• Bangalore fishes in troubled US tech waters
• Improper risk mgmt since Jan: CSE memo
• NEC to boost use of Asian software engineers
• Media bigwigs to woo US, Japan
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• ONGC Q4 net up by 50.09%,
• Tata Infotech Director resigns
• Aptech mulls business restructuring plan
• Syndicate Bank Q4 net up by 157.32%
• Ramco Industries FY-01 net up by 7.81%
• BSE imposes special margin on 2 scrips
• EIH Ltd clarifies on news article
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US FEATURE
Oscar for entrepreneurship
Sudhir Borgonha's Angstrom Medica has topped MIT's twelfth annual Entrepreneurship Competition.

MARKET REPORT
Market erases earlier losses, settles flat
Selective buying interest towards the close of the session results in markets recovering from lower levels. Infosys bounces back after a subdued opening.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for June 8, 2001
Sensex, Infosys, Wipro, Grasim, VSNL... Check out what you can do on Friday.

STOCK TALK
'Hold serious investments till July 2'
'The market may have serious withdrawal symptoms. This will be a drawn-out bear
market,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

SPECIALS
Building bridges via trade
'Kashmir or no Kashmir, business binds people together,' feel Indian and Pakistani traders.

Concrete set to replace salt
The govt has freed Bombay's salt pans for housing purposes. Will this help rehabilitate squatters or is it just a move to help the builders' lobby?
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The Wintech story gets murkier
The Wintech Computers boss is on the lam leaving students, vendors and employees in the lurch, even as cops probe his nexus with the underworld.

FUND NEWS
It's Hobson's choice for UTI
The pricing policy for US-64, as it approaches deadline for going NAV-based, will be crucial for its survival.

COLUMN
Is world opinion more important than public interest?
'Our message to the international community is that India is no banana republic and that it can stand up for its people and its rights,' says Sucheta Dalal.

SPECIAL REPORT
'How we built Infosys from scratch'
The lessons they learnt along the way are applicable throughout the world, Infosys chairman
N R Narayana Murthy told Wharton School management graduates.

THE BUDGET & GOVT POLICIES
The Rediff Budget Special: Full coverage
Rail Budget 2001-2002: Full coverage
Credit Policy 2001-2002: Full coverage
Exim Policy 2001-2002: Full coverage
Economic Survey 2000-2001: Full coverage