COMPANIES

• Tecumseh to increase capacity at Hyderabad plant
• Oil PSUs to consider interim dividends
• Roche scouts for molecule licensing
• SCI gets around fiat on fleet expansion
• Wimco To offer VRS
• Tatas to retain 4 per cent stake in Haldia Petrochemicals
• Bajaj factions meet to arrive at settlement
• Jain Irrigation set to implement Sri Lanka's greenhouse project
• Antony writes to Centre for rehabilitating FACT
• Hyundai Motor to roll out millionth car by 2006
• Kinetic eyes larger share of motorcycle market
• LG was the largest CDMA handset vendor in Q3
• HSS shelves banking software foray
• LogicaCMG opens fifth offshore development facility in Bangalore
  

GENERAL

• Government to notify accounting standard soon
• TCC, Kerala Feeds among winners of energy awards
• `CA Act amendment Bill to be referred to standing panel'
• Decks cleared for BIFR closure

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Bank takeover laws not clear
• Reddy charts out roadmap for global standards
• Union Bank takes lead, fixes PLR at 10.75 per cent
• IFC holding in GTB falls below 5 per cent
• IVRCL board okays private placement to Citicorp, Chryscapital
• Karnataka Bank awards
• Separate solvency margins must for insurance companies
• RBI allows banks to invest in debt funds
  

MARKETS

• BSE warns on volatility
• UTI to pay 100 pc dividend in Value Fund plan
• SBI launches MF schemes for NRI

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• India may still get a slice of Iraq pie
• Philip Morris to fight Illinois ruling
• Wal-Mart offers $3.5bn to buy part of UK retailer
• Volkswagen, Nissan to debut at Auto Expo '04
• Fed keeps rates steady as US economy picks up
• Japan pledges aid for ASEAN
• Microsoft workers may turn in stocks
  

PEOPLE

• U.P. Singh is new MD of Bokaro Steel Plant