COMPANIES

• Coca-Cola to invest in holding company
• Bayer plan to buy out Zydus in JV okayed
• Campco exits Nestle arrangement
• Hoechst, Rhone arms in India to stay independent
• Pentafour plans US acquisitions
• Maruti to hike prices
• Walden, LSO pick up holding in Mindtree
• Mahindra Holidays plans to add members
• Grasim denies brand takeover report
• Pfizer files plan for Warner board replacement
• GM willing to pick up part of Daewoo debts
• Abbott, Alza merger plan off
• Monsanto, Pharmacia merger rumoured
• Wal-Mart, AOL in alliance
• Kirch sues Universal

GENERAL

• Indian Bank plans selling subsidiaries
• SBI seeks nod for NRIs to deposit in gold scheme
• Deutsche Bank forecasts India’s rating upgrade
• ABN Amro loans against shares
• Bank of India to enter insurance business
• Royal Bank offer for NatWest cleared
  

CAPITAL MARKET

• Infotech stocks shine in dull market
• Sebi panel clears Internet-based trading
• BSE planning to become corporate body
• BSE cards sold at Rs 2.5 crore
• NSE ready for Internet trading
• 84 "vanishing" directors debarred
• Sebi directive to BOI MF
• Dabur’s rating upgraded
• Bank MFs raise Rs 166 crore

PEOPLE

• Bharat Patel retires from P&G
• Keith Dunn joins Shoppers’ Stop