COMPANIES

• General Motors announces VRS
• Big players eye Sify stake
• NIIT signs pact with IBM India
• Bids for SCI stake sale invited
• Philips launches research centre
• IPCL due diligence to be completed by mid-Feb
• BPL to buy Toshibas flat CTV tube plant
• Sebi clears promoters in Amara Raja case
• RailTel awards contracts for laying OFC
• Sebi exempts Echostar
• JK Ind claims Rs 140 cr for NOC delay
• Cadila gets DGCI nod for anti-ulcer drug
• United India Insurance plans automation
• Sify mulls separating key businesses
• BConnectB sells ASP biz to Siemens
• Motif sets up two call centres
• Kinetic to introduce Nova
• Pepsi ropes in Rahul Khanna
• Owen Illinois to exit from India
• Schenectady acquires 50% stake in Herdillia
• HLL shuts Kanhan tea plant
• Arena Multimedia to set up 50 animation centres
• Tata Power issues get AAA rating
• RPL, IOC mull status quo
• Levi's introduces `Mobile' pants
• UB plans Rs 1-cr campaign for ice beer
• Nestles Chocostick enters Mumbai

GENERAL

• Police interrogate Ketan Parekh
• House panel mulls 26% FDI in print media
• Shankar Sharmas bail plea rejected
• RBI alerts banks on 23 terror outfits
• VEPZ rolls out online approval system
• US revises visa rates

PEOPLE

• Dabon CEO Gupta resigns
• New mktg head for Bharti
• Top Boeing official retires