COMPANIES

• Rs 3 crore price tag for luxury Benz car
• Anchor to automate living spaces
• NMDC eyes turnover of Rs 4,000 cr by 2010
• Northgate to raise $3 m in debt; plans expansion
• Hutch mobile shops launched
• Sify arm bags Godrej deal
• Hughes Soft to hire 1,000 more people
• General Motors to launch 1.6-litre 'Optra'
• SSA Global-Baan migrating development work to India
• L&T's Electrical Unit To Cross Rs 1,000-cr Revenue This Fiscal
• Coke to set up Indian advisory board soon
• Godrej Industries promoters hike stake
  

GENERAL

• 50 Indian Cos Meet Today For Iraq Pie
• TiECon India 2003 to focus on entrepreneurship
• Industrial growth is stronger
• Action plan to meet power shortage in MP

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Govt likely to cut agricultural loans rates
• Insurers may have to top up capital: IRDA
• NICLeyes Rs 200-cr income from bancassurance
• Royal Sundaram opens branch at Kochi
• Karnataka Bank to sell Bajaj Allianz products
• SIB-Lifeline launched
• Prudential depositors for early bank revival
• Forex reserves cross $97 billion
  

MARKETS

• MFs reward investors with huge payouts
• Asset base swells in November
• Sebi investor rule to hit 21 funds
• FIIs net purchases of Rs 1,409.7 crore

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• WTO General Council meeting today
• US '04 growth to be fastest in 20 years
• Gail-BG Global Deal In Pipeline
• Agriculture biotech adoption grows in US
  

PEOPLE

• Saddam's capture evokes varied reactions