COMPANIES

• Reliance Energy to raise foreign investment limit
• First waste management complex in Bangalore
• Varun Shipping: India's largest LPG carrier
• Reliance hikes polyester prices
• United Phosphorus picks up 20 per cent in Cropserve
• Titan to market Tommy Hilfiger watches
• BEL: Poll prospects
• Arien: TCG Software's launch for India
• IBM's entry-level notebook
  

GENERAL

• Lok Sabha Polls: SP and RLD tie up in Uttar Pradesh
• 220 malls in the country by 2006
• Tea producers join hands and launch Nilma
• NMCE offers 1 kg gold unit for trade
• Logistics major Rethmann and Seaways team up
• FRIENDS for Kerala Govt
• Plea to address congestion at JN port

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Public Financial Institutions: NDDB amongst five others
• RBI defers revised norms for audit firms
• Rupee range-bound
  

MARKETS

• Sensex up 155
• BSE Counters:
• Maruti and Bharti in Nifty index
• CMC cut-off price: Rs 460.75 for retail investors
• MF investors will have to provide PAN
• IBP and Power Trading Corp. issues oversubscribed
• Escorts MF to issue bonus units on Income Plan

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Iraq fund: India confirms $10 m
• Mauritius bank opts for Finacle
• Satnam Overseas: Diversifying product range

PEOPLE

• R.P. Singh is new MD of Bhilai Steel Plant
• Ramesh Powar gets his break