COMPANIES

• Government may offer 20% of Indianoil to public
• Aventis Indian unit as export base
• General Motors to invest more in India
• Hyundai will launch Sonata luxury car
• Lockout at Bata factory
• Kanan Foods to buy 7% of Agro Dutch
• Hyatt, Marriott bid for Appu Hotels JV
• Vikas WSP setting up guar gum polymer project
• NIIT software export unit in Chennai
• DLF Cement erodes net worth
• Dunlop Sahagunj unit re-opening
• BIFR says no to IFCI in Torrent Gujarat case
• Max unit may get IFC to invest

GENERAL

• Industrial index up 9.4%
• Negative growth expected in consumer electronics
• Banks can invest half their capital in insurance
• Govt opens up skies till 31 March
• Bank Muscat to start retail operations
• Court rejects Investsmart plea

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sensex drops more points
• I-T raids on brokers
• Two DSP Merrill funds
• ANZ fund launch soon
• RPG Netcom IPO
• BSE margin norms for big brokers eased
• I-T may allow 100% rebate on brokers’ Bolt expenses

PEOPLE

• Bob Ayling quits British Airways
• Mohan Gyani to head AT&T’s wireless unit
• Four RBI officials removed