TOP HEADLINES
• Jaswant hints at more tax reforms, sops
• BSNL set to launch cellular service
• BJP sets 8% GDP growth rate target
• 'No move for divestment in Bhel'
• Book rail tickets over the Net now
• MUL may pit Ignis against Palio
• Plan 2004: Reliance to turn multinational
• Cricket: Big spenders at the crease
• Foreign exchange reserves at $59,867 million
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• Ind-Swift Laboratories Q1 net up 22%
• Bharti subsidiary to launch Gujarat services
• IOC announces change in management
• ACC July-02 cement despatches up 18.48%
• Pentagon Global OKs rights issue
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MARKET REPORT
Sensex gains 9 points
Market breaks three-session losing streak. ITC up 5%. BSES up 4%. Tech stocks lose.

LATEST PRESS RELEASES
• AV Birla Group to sell MRPL pie to ONGC
• More releases...

SPECIAL
It is worth taking a used-car loan?
A loan to buy a second-hand car is expensive and may not be the cheapest option on offer.

HLL: Searching for a new route
Hindustan Lever is winning a few battles, but hasn't quite come up with a new magic formula to clean up across categories.

INTERVIEW
'We should not press the panic button'
'We have enough grain to take care of the people of India.' Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh on the drought.

COLUMN
'Govt must accept liability to help UTI survive'
UTI's existence depends on better support from the government and a gameplan that helps stop its continuous sales and improves returns on its schemes, says Sucheta Dalal.

'IT alone is not the answer'
'We also need to create a significant manufacturing base that leverages our other strengths,' says Anurag Pal.

Will JPC draft report be taken seriously?
Or are we waiting for another financial fraud to take place to realise the farce our parliamentary panels are in danger of becoming, asks Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for August 5, 2002
Sensex, Mastek, ITC, Digital Global, Ranbaxy.....Check out what you can do on Monday.

STOCK TALK
'We have re-entered a bearish phase'
'The market is punishing us. Lack of movement on divestment is a big culprit,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

DEATH OF A LEGEND
Dhirubhai Ambani, End of an Era
He single-handedly built a Rs 650-billion business empire in just 3 decades. The Reliance patriarch's village-boy-to-business-tycoon fairy tale has inspired thousands of Indians.

THE BUDGET & GOVT POLICIES
The Credit Policy: Complete coverage
Union Budget 2002-2003: Complete Coverage Exim Policy 2002-03: Complete coverage
Economic Survey 2001-02: Complete coverage
Rail Budget 2002-03: Complete coverage

TUTORIAL
What is the RBI's Monetary Policy?
What role does the Monetary Policy play? How significant is it? Read on...