Dilip Chhabria to design for Ford India
Mumbai: Dilip Chhabria, well known car designer and stylist, has been engaged by Ford India to design special edition Ford cars and add-on kits for its cars in India.

Mr Chhabria will design and build special edition cars for Ford, with launch dates in June 2000. He plans to start with Ford Ikon, the new Ford product that has just been announced. The design unit is expected to be near Ford's manufacturing facility at Maraimalainagar near Chennai.
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Udayan Bose to exit forex business
Mumbai: Udayan Bose, co-promoter of Lazard Creditcapital, has decided to sever his ties with equity broking business Merwanjee Securities. He is also considering parting with his forex business.

Harlow Butler, the largest forex broker in the world, owns 51 per cent in Lazard Creditcapital's forex operations.
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Gates is second most powerful man in UK
London: Bill Gates has been adjudged as the second in a list of 500 people with greatest control and influence over British life. The list has been compiled by the Sunday Times. Prime minister Tony Blair, of course, leads the list.

The paper said Mr Gates has influence over the people of Britain as his software runs 90 per cent of all computers in the country. Alan Greenspan, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, and Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, come next in the list, relegating the royal family and religious leaders to the fringes.
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Pearson CEO on AOL board
New York: Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of Pearson, the UK publishing and media group, will join the board of America Online. Pearson, which owns the Financial Times and other media interests, has said investment in internet-related activities is now the group's top priority.

Ms Scardino's appointment is seen as a sign that closer strategic ties between AOL and Person are being planned.
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