COMPANIES

• Sterlite bags highest chunk of DoT cable order
• Offshore MFs acquire IPCL stake
• PowerGen to divest part of stake in Bina Power
• Infosys acquiring company abroad
• Essar default may affect bank stocks
• Satyam, Bharti to set up gateways
• Hindujs to invest Rs 1,000 crore in media business
• SAP eyes $200 million revenue from Indian arm
• Moody's puts Enron on review
• Telco vehicles to be Euro-II compliant by April 2000
• Apollo Tyres, BPCL in pact for gauges
• Videocon notice to ORG on "distorted figures"
• Lego ties up with McDonald's, Shell
• Emami-Landmark JV for Calcutta store
• Modi Telstra changes name for cellphone
• Software incubator from Cognizant
• Godrej acquires Bangalore hatchery
• Daewoo to defer Nubira launch
• Alcatel, Thomson to merge
• Microsoft, EDS form alliance
• J&J to acquire Centocor
• Contraceptive patch from J&J
• Power Ranger, Barbie to co-habit

GENERAL

• Internet users in Asia to grow 40%
• Government increases ECGC capital
• Dundee MF to launch gold fund
• MTNL to receive bill payment online

CAPITAL MARKET

• Markets show firming-up
• UTI takes up fund overhaul
• Another 400 in Z category

PEOPLE

• David Ogilvy is no more