COMPANIES

• THS ties up with French retail major
• Sony Ericsson launches handsets
• Neutron Electronics to market Cybervision products
• BoI sells two MF schemes to Taurus
• Iffco-Kribhco pitch for SCI stake
• LMW effects 10% cut in pay
• Fiat to step up Palio production
• Bhel to pick up 20 pc stake in KPCL project
• Luxor acquires Qutub Hotel
• NextLinx gets Danzas project
• Eureka Forbes plans new launches
• Tata open offer for VSNL
• Maruti to launch new Esteem
• Zenith raises stake in Strides to 71%
• Reliance emerges largest shareholder in BSES
• Daikin plans assembly line for ACs
• Bajaj Tempo to set up new divisions
• Apollo Tyres sales revenue up 18 per cent
• Gas allocation to Maruti cancelled
• Sandvik may get delisted
• Aztec FY02 net crashes 68%
• Mphasis Q4 net up 79%
• BTAL raises Rs 280 crore through private placement
• BPL Tele launches new gizmo
• Arthur Andersen cuts 7,000 US jobs
• Dabur wants deals for anti-cancer drug
• Arvind Mills gets HC nod for debt restructuring
• Rallis, Tata Chem to set up Kisan Kendras
• Amway to strengthen Persona brand
• Silverline moves senior management to India
• GE Capital to set up 3 contact centres

GENERAL

• India and China to produce low cost computers
• Cairn strikes oil in offshore Gujarat

PEOPLE

• Bhargava quits eVentures, to join WNS
• Wife to assume Chhabrias mantle
• Silverline CEO Ravi Singh resigns
• FIs withdraw 2 directors from DPC board