COMPANIES

• Satyam Infoway to issue shares to promoters
• Hindustan Copper to close down mines
• HealthScribe in search of JV partners
• List good, bad companies: Narayana Murthy
• Vodafone aims at Mannesman
• Amazon.com sues rival

GENERAL

• Disinvestment target at Rs 20,000 crore
• FDI approvals to be automatic
• Uniform sales tax for petro products
• Warburg stake in HDFC at 6.6 per cent
• CBDT not to extend TDS scope
• United India too to invest in 'Infotech'
• Sotheby's next Indian auction in June 2000

CAPITAL MARKET

• Nifty up
• Badla rates at 21.25 per cent

PEOPLE

• Sridharan is ED of Hexaware
• Saajid Khan VP of RKHS
• Award for Thiagarajan
• Sotheby's prize for Atul Dodiya
• Steiger to stay in Wall Street Journal