COMPANIES

• RIL consortium bags 12 oil blocks
• Wipro looks at brand acquisitions
• Maruti hikes prices
• TVS-Suzuki launches Fiero
• Piaggio plans 100 per cent subsidiary
• Eicher has a new HCV
• IN Cablenet valued at $1.2 billion
• Dunlop to reopen units
• Shareholders clear Pentafour transfer
• Shopper’s Stop, Investsmart in tie-up
• Bata, employees sign agreement
• FDI limit in pharma hiked
• Microsoft plans browser for Macs
• Cisco plans a home network product
• Daewoo officers to meet foreign creditors
• Case against National Geographic
• IBM, Sun-Netscape plans tie-up

GENERAL

• Tougher capital adequacy norms coming
• Allahabad Bank plans retail boutiques
• ICICI cuts interest rates on bonds
• Lazard Credit Capital has a new name

CAPITAL MARKET

• Markets recover and focus shifts from infotech
• BSE imposes higher special margins
• Derivative trading from February
• BSE, Dun & Bradstreet tie up
• No price difference for US-64
• Cadila plans IPO

PEOPLE

• Tempest is Ranbaxy president
• Steve Jobs is Apple CEO
• Penguin chief to head AOL