TOP HEADLINES
• Cabinet clears bill to promote competition
• Several Indians among Wall St.'s top analysts
• Mitsubishi's IT arm to outsource from Wipro
• CSE officials depose before JPC
• 'This is a great time to start a business'
• BPL, Birla-AT&T-Tata inch closer to merger
• DPC case: MERC told to decide jurisdiction
• Cellphone buzz mars TiEcon sessions
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• India Cements FY-01 net up by 6.27%
• Carrier Aircon FY-01 net down by 31.08%
• Silverline Europe unveils new applications
• United Phosphorus FY-01 net down 37.30%
• LML posts loss of Rs 412.90 mn for FY-01
• Basell Poly not to participate in Nocil project
• Smith. Consumer Q2 results on July 27
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MARKET REPORT
Sensex erases Monday's losses as tech stocks bounce back
Contrary to expectations, the market bounces back on renewed buying by institutions and operators.

FEATURE
India's middle class tantalises goods makers
The middle class has grown tremendously since India began to open its markets to foreign goods, offering great potential to firms selling food, personal healthcare products and low-price consumer goods.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for June 27, 2001
Sensex, Digital, Cipla, Mukta Arts, HDFC... Check out what you can do on Wednesday.

COLUMN
The Maheshwar project: getting to the root of the matter
Are FIs too lenient while funding controversial power projects, wonders Sucheta Dalal.

MARKET IMPACT
• UBS Warburg ups price targets for IT stocks
• SSKI raises Ashok Leyland to 'outperformer'

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.

STOCK TALK
'Market may rally to 4250-4500 after July 2'
'The fear of July 2 is overwhelming. I am not bullish on the introduction of rolling settlement,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

FEATURE
An Esteem in need of some glory
Buyers, dealers and industry observers say this car is in desperate need of a total upgrade if Maruti wants to maintain any serious presence in the lucrative lower mid-size market.

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