COMPANIES

• Baron now plans low-priced mobile phones
• Satyam Infoway gets nod for ADR
• Gujarat Gas plans to sell JV
• Hindalco plans new aluminium smelting project
• Lucent sets up grant scheme for Indian youth
• AceS plans satellite telephony
• Gujarat wants GM plant in state
• Kale Consultants plans acquisitions
• Intel acquires stake in RiteChoice
• FDC plans to make interferon
• Telco redesigning mid-size car
• UB for core competence focus
• Acer to set up more production units in India
• Bata signs up Rani Mukherjee
• 555 variant from ITC
• Copper prices hiked
• Qualcomm to sell mobile phone unit
• Daewoo to meet foreign creditors
• Motorola to buy General Instrument
• BASF to set up vitamin plant in Malaysia
• Boots plans internet project for women

GENERAL

• DoT surprises private telcos
• Petroleum ministry given a month to solve oil pool tangle
• Hudco shortlists 8 for securitisation issue
• IDBI, Canara Bank  to cut stake in CARE
• SBI to review service charges
• Indian short-term rates are still high
• India plans to be a top nuclear power by 2020
• External debt goes up by $4 billion
• India ahead in country ratings, lags in PLR cuts
• ICICI, SBI caps to co-arrange Trishakti project
• RR Financial top manage MPEB issue
• Allahabad Bank issue in December 1999
• Central Bank's busienss target revised upwards

CAPITAL MARKET

• BSE falls sharply, NSE gains marginally
• Sebi announces rollign settlement shortlist
• Private sector MFs show 20% growth
• IDBI signs MoU with Principal
• Sebi may allow covered short-sales by MFs
• Issues
• Peeerless General files case against Canara Bank
• Fidelity to enter India

PEOPLE

• Visvesvaraya award for Narayana Murthy
• R.K. Singh to join Zee Telefilms
• Rohit Bammi to head Deutsche Bank group
• Sminu Jindal in charge of Saw Pipe local operations
• Bharat Kapadia is ASCI chairman
• Pepsi prefers insiders for top positions