COMPANIES

• Times Internet acquires stake in Webdunia
• Govt invites initial bids for Mecon
• Reliance Info ties up with banks for shared ATMs
• Amex to buy out Tatas in forex JV
• Cadila plans unit in Afghanistan
• Bombay Dyeing cuts 700 jobs
• ECIL posts Rs 75 cr profit
• HLL offloads Rs 500 cr from MF schemes
• Crossroads plans shopping malls in major cities
• Godrej to launch new vegetable oil
• Bharti launches SMS in Telugu
• Stroh's beer to enter South
• FCB Ulka bags UCB account
• SBI installs 1,017 ATMs

GENERAL

• EPF interest rate unchanged at 9.5%
• Industrial growth dips to 2.3 pc in Feb
• BJP tells Modi to call elections in state
• IIM-B to introduce Web-based course
• Herbal sweetener for diabetics
• Jet Airways accused of underworld links
• RBI okays smart cards

CAPITAL MARKET

• Tata Steel arm to be delisted from BSE

PEOPLE

• New Icrier chief
• Dugal, Khirwadkar join Polaris
• Dua appointed BSES acting CMD