COMPANIES

• Bharat Petroleum considering takeover of Essar Oil
• Petronet equity recast put off
• Century engages Andersen for turnaround strategy
• Tata Korf not under merger proposal
• PowerGen-Gujarat Torrent deal finalised
• IOC, ONGC plan merger of Gujarat power plants
• Alstom to handle Tri-Shakti project
• Rankas of Modern group split
• HLL profits up, declares interim dividend
• M & M QA1 profit goes up
• Kuwait Petroleum may pick up MRPL stake
• Free anti-spam software released
• Compaq maintains lead
• NTL buys CWC's media unit
• Daewoo gets lifeline, but stocks plummet
• Coty calls off bid for Revlon
• Mitsubishi to cut down on models
• Roberts Pharma to merge with Shire
• EU approves Goodyear-Sumitomo tie-up

GENERAL

• Oil companies told to bear losses on export account
• Hudco to securitise loan assets
• ANZ Grindlays taps debt markets
• New HDFC scheme receives response
• FIPB defers decision on Pfizer application
• Sakura Bank to offer online banking

CAPITAL MARKET

• Interest in infotech stocks as markets go down
• BSE plans system upgradation
• Satyam plans ADR in two stages
• Crisil launches two new indices
• Crisil downgrade for Jindal Iron debentures

PEOPLE

• Crompton Greaves to have insiders for CEOs of split businesses
• Paul Batchelor CEO of AMP