COMPANIES

• Virgin plans India foray
• NRIs plan new airline
• Cognizant to make Calcutta its hub
• ESPN hikes subscription
• Sanmar sets up ARC
• ICICI Venture invests in Xybridge
• Hind Lever brings Calvin Klein fragrances
• SRA ties up with Carnegie Mellon
• M&M to launch Savari
• Mulchandanis plan to relaunch Bush
• R&D award for Telco
• Schroeder saves Holzmann
• DaimlerChrysler-Honda tie-up rumoured
• Case against Microsoft
• Reckitt-Benckiser deal approved

GENERAL

• Times Bank to emrge with HDFC Bank
• Stanchart’s cash management system on Net
• IT assessees go up

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sensex gains 55 points as rally is on
• Infosys plans stock split
• HCL Tech stock demand past Rs 20,000 cr mark
• BSE refuses listing to Visesh
• IDBI plans two issues
• BPCL raises Rs 25 cr through debentures
• Dena, Deutsche pick up NSDL stake

PEOPLE

• Digital India chief quits
• Abdul Kalam is principal scientific adviser
• Manoharan joins TMB board
• World Bank chief economist quits