COMPANIES

• Financial institutions force poll on Shaw Wallace
• Bihar government slaps notice on Tata Steel
• Nicholas Piramal plans ADR issue of $100m
• US travel company takes stake in Indtravels
• AIG to take stake in LG Soft India
• Sterlite completes take-over of India Foils
• Ranbaxy joint venture launches new insulin device

GENERAL

• Trai defers further rounds of tariff cut
• Ernst & Young to script corporate governance code

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sensex continues weak trend

PEOPLE

• Stanchart loses three top executives