COMPANIES

• Fiat, Ford in pact for common use of Indian plant
• Tata Sons hikes holding in Tisco
• M&M to benefit from RBI rules in Otis stake sale
• Ranbaxy to acquire Speciality stake, then exit venture
• Tata Petrodyne to sell 2 oilfields to Enron
• Jet Airways to continue fare cut
• ESOP from Essel Packaging
• Escotel approaches ICICI to retire debts
• Allahabad Bank seeks acquisition of Bachchan property
• Morgan Stanley to prepare Dunlop revival plan
• SAP plans internet software for India
• Warrants from Orchid
• Usha Beltron unit buys EMMC, UK
• Wipro net profit up 87%
• L&T net up 10%
• Indian Airlines net tumbles
• Deutsche Telecom offer for One2One
• Casino culture in Detroit
• Korea trying to pacify Daewoo's foreign creditors
• British insurer to hike state in SocGen
• Nippon Mitsubishi to acquire Koa

GENERAL

• FIs okay ICICI equity plan
• NRI deposits proving to be a bane for Kerala
• ASK-Raymond plans AMC
• SBI net comes down

CAPITAL MARKET

• FII investments lift market sentiment
• 3 brokers suspended
• Panel to study depository transfer charge
• Wipro announces share split
• Syndicate Bank ISO at par
• Charter Communications plans largest IPO
• Surge in Asian markets predicted

PEOPLE

• Ishaat Hussain, Kulkarni on Voltas board
• SBI appoints CGMs