COMPANIES

• 8 companies adopt CII's corporate governance code
• No shift in focus for Maruti
• Honda plans India 2-wheeler unit to be export hub
• Aircraft purchase procedures put on hold
• New corporate concepts under study
• New norms for loans
• VNU hikes stake in ORG-Marg
• Cairn to manage Sanchor oil well
• Marathon seeks waiver on Essar interest dues
• Amazon.com to market Satyajit Ray movies
• Scooters India plans 3-wheeler
• BancAmerica fund to buy stake in IndiaWorld
• Enkay Texofood to sell textile unit
• Ispat Profiles lines up funds
• Imaje India to be export hub
• Wipro to market iPlanet software in India
• Paramount plans cable plant
• Global Tele-Systems plans e-com payment venture
• Fortune Informatics plans US foray
• Continental to buy cycle tyres from Metro
• Blue Bunny ice cream to expand marketshare
• Daewoo to seek roll-over of foreign debt
• Coca-Cola, Hellenic to merge
• Aegon eyes Prudential Corporation
• Compaq to sell computers online in Latin America

GENERAL

• RBI must set inflation band, feels Reddy
• RBI rejects three NBFC applications
• IDBI goes global
• Trai's new tariffs hit DoT revenue
• Lovelock to help Standard Chartered in processing

CAPITAL MARKET

• Stock markets move up
• Cochin bourse seeks BSE, NSE membership
• Sebi changing rules
• Institutions devise scheme for ICICI's $500 million issue
• Reliance issues bonds
• Haldia plans private placement

PEOPLE

• Bimal Jalan gives up posts in bank institutions