TOP HEADLINES
• Govt mulls rights issue of Maruti
• Don't exit UTI's US-64 now, say analysts
• Most Canadians favour US dollar as currency
• Credit offtake rising since June: SBI chief
• Bright Star gets 5% of VST Industries
• The ups and downs of Indo-Pakistan trade
• Bharti set to win seven mobile licences
• Situation of economy relatively good: Jalan
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• Shipping Corp Q1 net at Rs 1117.20 million
• Hero Honda Q1 net up by 30.69%
• Knoll Pharma Q2 net down by 29.68%
• Aptech board OKs scheme of arrangement
• Andhra Petrochem Q1 loss at Rs 78.91 million
• Kirloskar Oil Engines Q1 net down 62.62%
• Hikal Ltd Q1net profit rises by 4.53%
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MARKET REPORT
Selling pressure pulls down Sensex by 19 points
Market loses ground on selling pressure in new as well as old economy stocks. Tech pivotals end in the negative zone. Old economy pivotals end in the red.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for July 17, 2001
Sensex, Digital, Infosys, Zee, NIIT... Check out what you can do on Tuesday.

INTERVIEW
'We have an agreement with NDTV'
An interview with James Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of the Hong Kong-based Star Group.

COLUMN
JPC 2001: Will it be another wasted effort?
'There is nothing in the JPC 2001's deliberations so far to suggest that this committee will be any different from the last,' says Sucheta Dalal.

STOCK TALK
'The market looks weak and vulnerable'
The market will improve only after the UTI problem is solved, says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

REPORT
India may gain from US slowdown, says
K B Chandrasekhar
K B Chandrasekhar, chairman of Jamcracker Inc, assured the Indian tech sector that the slowdown in the US economy may actually open up new opportunities for them.

DERIVATIVES CENTER
Options Trading Strategy Guide
Hiten Jhaveri's guide tells you all that you wanted to know about options and options trading...

INTERVIEW
'Anyone who can kill the market by selling 100 shares of Wipro must be God'
"This is not a case against us. It is a witch-hunt against an organisation that has been globally recognised as one of the best in terms of prevalent practices," Shankar Sharma, director, First Global, tells Pritish Nandy.

'Investment banking set for big growth in India'
"I am very optimistic about investment banking in India. But, like everything else in India, we will take two steps forward, slow down, take a step backwards and then move again," says Udayan Bose, managing director, Lazard.

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.

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