COMPANIES

• Pilkington to make India base
• Samsonite to up output
• Sony files contempt case against Zee
• MRTPC absolves Jyothy Labs
• Microsoft foresees more use of smart cards
• IBM plans online product sale
• DaimlerChrysler claims leadership
• Nippon Mitsubishi, Cosmo in talks
  

GENERAL

• Power-sharing formula being worked out
• Powertech India 99
• Rise in bank credit
• UTI Bank, Citibank launch card

CAPITAL MARKET

• BSE badla at 21%

PEOPLE

• New Icrisat chief