COMPANIES

• Indian Organic Chemicals to sell silver extraction unit
• Rosa Power ties up funds
• Enron allowed to hire tanker
• Microsoft to have India portal
• Blue Star identifies core areas
• Sarovar Park plans entertainment plazas
• KPMG plans another subsidiary
• Bilt to acquire stake in Servall
• Daewoo guarantee to FIs
• Portable oxygen plant from BOC
• Maruti, National Insurance float new scheme
• Harrisons Malayalam, subsidiary to merge
• Child safety service by DaimlerChrysler
• Veba-Viag merger to involve revamp
• Microsoft developing games console?
• Suzuki-GM tie-up

GENERAL

• Inflation inches up
• Staggered petro price hike in the offing?
• MSEB to enter optic fibre business
• MTNL may also switch to revenue-sharing system for mobile venture
• ADB projects to be supported by Exim Bank
• VSNL starts roadshows

CAPITAL MARKET

• Indian markets breathing down the necks of global majors
• ICICI's new AMC may result in loss of govt. revenue
• BSE proposes daily badla
• WWF to list on Nasdaq

PEOPLE

• Sudhir Thackersey chairman of ICMF
• Abhay Chawdhry is chief financial officer of Ispat Industries
• Dilip Modi Emco Finvest chairman