COMPANIES

• Sterlite acquires India Foils
• Khaitans to restructure Eveready
• Pfizer proposal gets second FIPB nod
• Jet Airways plans foreign currency loan
• Owens Corning takes equity in Siro Plast
• Wagon R at Rs 3.5 lakh
• Ashok Leyland plans JVs
• Shaw Wallace says no to McDowell
• IBM plans new super computer
• Daewoo’s secret deal alienates creditors
• Telstra develops new Internet protocol
• NTT, IBM, Tivoli in tie-up
  

GENERAL

• Insurance bill okayed
• Ban on lottery trade
• Amendment to debt recovery panel rules
• FDI in print media likely
• Global Trust starts Internet service
• IIT, Bombay to raise Rs 500-crore fund
• HSBC gets nod for takeover of Republic
• NatWest rejects Bank of Scotland offer

CAPITAL MARKET

• Market revival continues
• Infosys, Satyam at all-time high on Nasdaq
• Sebi tells IDBI not to manage IFCI issue
• Sebi seeks details from BSE on Aftek

PEOPLE

• Pfizer chairman Pillai retires
• Subodh Shah quits Crisil
• Gaurang Shah is Kotak Mahindra Primus CEO
• Ivester is stepping down from Coke