COMPANIES

• Virgin all set for fare war
• Wagon R ready for launch
• PAL seek extension on payment of sales tax
• Home Box Office in India
• L&T to get equity in Indian Oil power projects
• Oil company officers to strike
• Daewoo Motor may be auctioned

GENERAL

• Government overdraft comes down
• New civil aviation policy soon
• Six port plans to be approved

CAPITAL MARKET

• Badla rates at 33%
• Sebi extends Y2K deadline
• Stock Holding Corporation for private placement

PEOPLE

• Branson gets a taste of British Airways
• Industrialists constitute PM’s special groups