COMPANIES

• Terex Vectra Equip. launches Indian operations
• ABB targets household market
• Aarti Drugs for an API facility in China
• Tata Power board to meet
• Reliance Industries raises prices
• PFC to go for $100 million ECB
• HEG to pay 30 per cent dividend
• Hewitt Associates: Best employers in India 2004
• Ashok Leyland to go for ZF gearboxes
• Pratishta to launch bio-fertilisers and pesticides

GENERAL

• Poll India: 2004
• IDC: Indian SMBs spend on IT to rise 21 per cent
• FICCI business delegations for USA and Brazil

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee loses 29 paise
• Norms for foreign securities under ESOP relaxed
• E-commerce gateway: National Financial Switch
• Flexcube solution for First Caribbean
• HDFC Standard: 76 per cent rise in premiums
• ICICI Lombard: 144 per cent rise in premiums

MARKETS

• Sensex starts a new week: Down 70
• Dresdner K Benson registration suspended for 18 months
• Birla Mutual to widen Portfolio Advisory Service

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Orbital and Bajaj Sign License Agreement
• New version of Windows Media Digital Rights Management
• China hosts 71 per cent of websites of spam Email