COMPANIES

• Maran stymies Piaggio bid for 100% unit
• Qualis at Rs 4.59 lakh
• Kirloskars to hike stake in JV
• Exide batteries for Qualis
• Mercedes Benz India to export components
• Ford unveils new Ikon model
• Autoriders plans gold refinery
• Cisco appoints Microland as service provider
• CyberTech to hive off portal business
• ICICI sets up web stock trading company
• Bajaj Auto plans JV with Kawasaki
• Crane maker Cranex to focus on software
• KLM Aerocarto gets equity in Lotus GeoSolutions
• Vodafone forms Internet firm
• General Motors to buy out Saab
• Hyundai-Ford joint bid for Daewoo

GENERAL

• EXIM Bank is member of ADFIAP
• Kotak Mahindra, Chubb part ways
• Chase to get more equity in HDFC Bank
• RPG group intends to enter insurance business
  

CAPITAL MARKET

• Panic reaction leads to Sensex crash
• HCL Tech at Rs 1,600 on day 1
• Technology fund from Prudential-ICICI
• Polaris plans stock split
• Elder Pharma to come out with IPO
• Binary Semantics plans IPO
• BPL, Videocon, Sterlite fail to respond to Sebi