COMPANIES

• Indian Rayon to buy back 25 per cent capital
• Becosule Plus from Pfizer
• Fiat Ranjangaon unit to be global sourcing base
• Shell strikes oil in Rajasthan
• Zee files case against Star in London
• Oil product prices hiked
• Enterprise storage server from Tata IBM
• BSES to set up meter unit
• ACC to increase blended cement output
• Hindustan Motors, Hyundai sign pact
• Inadequate response for SAIL VRS
• VSNL, IOC, GAIL divestment cleared
• Maars Software buys Saphire division
• Daewoo to have only 6 units, linked to cars
• SocGen, BNP boards to meet
• Samsung pledges on behalf of motor unit
• VNU makes bid for Nielsen
• Alcoa turns hostile
• Linde bids for AGA AB
• Cisco buys Calista

GENERAL

• Bank Brussels wants larger stake in Vyasya
• Honda gets FIPB approval
• Ficci seeks delinking IDBI and Sidbi
• Operators pay licence fee to DoT
• State Bank plans network
• 9999 - is it going to be a jinxed date?
• BCCI's ambitious claims
• Amex's new credit card

CAPITAL MARKET

• Stock markets go up
• Sebi to probe Otis price spurt
• Sebi meet on collective investment schemes
• CSE's new software

PEOPLE

• Bhaskarudu quits Maruti
• Hans Tietmeyer honoured