COMPANIES

• Zee Telefilms restructures holdings, acquires overseas unit
• Essar-Marathon deal in trouble?
• Godrej Soaps acquires Cussons brands
• Government no to GE plans
• Parvosin's new trials
• Jindal Strips plans unit abroad
• Mastek considering overseas issue
• Padmini Polymers sets up CD, DVD unit
• Web EDI from Satyam
• Jet cuts Mumbai-Ahmedabad fare
• Credit Agricole buys space in Mafatlal Centre
• IDBI to take stake in Spic Electric
• Revival scheme for GTC Industries
• IOC to seek nod for buy-back
• HPCL, BPCL review on jetty at Kandla
• Carrefour, Promodes merge
• Daewoo banned from cross-financing
• Shell selling coal  assets
• MS planning tablet PC
• Motorola may buy Toshiba stake in JV
• Hitachi, Fuji to team up

GENERAL

• ICICI to reduce exposure in power sector
• SBI Act provision to be changed
• FIPB approves Satyam ADR, AES JV, others
• HDFC cuts interest rates

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sensex close to 5000 mark
• Sebi may introduce uniform IPO norms
• ICICI allows GDR to ADR conversion
• Birla MF to launch scheme
• North Star price rigging takes its toll
• BSE ups number of special margin scrips,  Z group size
• NSDL scheme to distribute BSES dividend
• UTI to comply with all Sebi guidelines

PEOPLE

• Saurabh Mishra to head Grasim
• Changes in Lupin
• Bhatnagar to head Enron SE Asia unit
• Mayya plans to quit from BSE depository
• Mike Moore to take over as WTO head