COMPANIES

• Orchid buys out Ajanta Pharma unit
• BPL plans management cadre
• Shyam Telecom wins Madagascar contract
• Bharti plans Internet through cable TV
• PowerGen buys into Bellary project
• FIs to pick up holding in Maithon project
• Sun Chemicals buys Coates of India equity
• Leading Edge offloads shares to FIIs
• Cyanamid Agro, Acco merger okayed
• Telco’s large car for Auto Expo
• Max Corporation to merge with parent
• LabVantage unit in Calcutta
• More powers for govt under new companies’ bill
• Alta Vista has 1 m subscribers

GENERAL

• RBI for handling govt debt
• Bank of Baroda to appoint consultant

CAPITAL MARKET

• Day of records on the bourses
• Infosys, the record maker
• Infy, Sify at new highs
• Special margins for high volatility
• NSE IT launches two software products

PEOPLE

• Narayana Murthy, the billionaire
• Sukhatme is AERB chief
• VSNL officer joins Birla AT&T
• Greenspan gets fourth term