COMPANIES

• LearningByte to open new centre in India
• B.K. Modi forms new holding company
• Telco to hike price of commercial vehicles
• Novopan, Oberoi end Krishna Oberoi pact
• Jindal Strips to set up US subsidiary
• Govt assurance on Cogentrix
• Reliance-WorldTel plans Net backbone in Delhi
• RPG Cables buys unit in Silvassa
• Eicher collaborates with Finland company
• Nelito to explore overseas markets
• Rockwell, TCS in tie-up
• Moody’s to be a separate entity
• Exxon Mobil to cut 16,000 jobs
• LVMH to buy equity in Oprah’s net venture
• IBM to install largest data warehouse
• General Motors offers $6.2 billion for Daewoo
• Boeing's new bookings, narrows gap with Airbus

GENERAL

• IT bill introduced
• SBI collects 500 kg of gold
• Canbank will open 36 depository centres
• ANZ Grindlays plans restructuring

CAPITAL MARKET

• Infotech stocks to the fore again
• Zee pushes Infosys to 3^rd place in market cap
• Badla volumes at Rs 500 cr at Calcutta bourse
• Silverline ups ADR float size
• IPOs of 4 infotech companies cleared
• IDBI debt issue oversubscribed
• Mandatory demat decision put off

PEOPLE

• Heda to head Microland unit
• Kochi airport chief replaced
• Samant is Mumbai Coop Bank chairman