Business StandardNearly 1 mn birds culled Poultry sales, exports to be hit; Tamiflu rushed to Maharashtra; No human affected.Airport winners not to get all GVK, GMR can match highest bid for new Mumbai, Delhi airports.PCOs book Rs 500 cr private call BSNL losing big money in commissions for personal calls.The Economic Times Mittal sure Arc will become his loreBut European tradition presents a bigs stumbling block.Kingfisher toasts Chirac visit with ATR dealThis was the first deal to be signed in the presence of the French president, who will hold crucial discussions with Indian government managers in the next three days to boost bilateral ties between the two countries..Dividend distribution tax on debt funds likely to goCapital gain tax rejig; STT levy on debt mutual funds being considered.The Hindu Business LineExperts, industry cry fowl over Govt flip-flop Anuradha Desai chairperson of Nationa Egg Co-ordination Committe is confident that it is not bird flu.'Tamiflu being stockpiled'Health ministry has already dis-patched 9,000 doses of Tamilflu.India, France to sign agreements in defence, aerospace sectorsAmong others an agreement for declaration on the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes also to be signed.The Financial ExpressBhagwati heads committee to probe NCDEX urad price rowNCDEX sets up external committee to ensure fairness and transparency.HLL, ITC take battle to villagesIn their first head-on battle in rural markets, the two companies are busy chalking out fresh gameplans.IOC urges rethink on trade parity pricingIndian Oil Corporation Ltd has put up a strong case on behalf of public sector undertaking refineries and appealed to the Centre not to shift to trade parity from the present import parity principle for pricing products and crude oil.Daily News & AnalysisNo cash: Banks cut back on government paper Banks are fast running out of cash to lend - whether to corporates or government. This becomes increasingly clear from a close look at trends in the investment-deposit and credit-deposit ratios over the last six months.Rangarajan cess will benefit ONGC & GAIL Rangarajan proposal - It wants to do away with forced burden-sharing on cooking gas and kerosene subsidies, and instead hike the cess on oil production.Nirma takeover comes with pink slip For workers at Saurashtra Chemicals, the takeover of the company by Karsanbhai Patel's Nirma has brought with it the spectre of retrenchment.
