COMPANIES

• Zee sets ADR ball rolling
• Polaris software to acquire US firm
• Godrej Soaps asked to modify ad
• Hindustan Petroleum signs deals with leading global players
• Orix Finance acquires construction equipment business of RPG group
• L&T Finance to set up separate entity for merchant banking activities
• Gautier India hopes to break eve
• Jumbo group lays out ambitious India plan
• Modi Telstra plans for expansion in Calcutta cellular operations
• Bharat Forge to complete its restructuring operations by March 2001

GENERAL

• Sidbi formally delinked from IDBI
• Delhi police throws a bouncer at the South African cricket team
• LIC Housing and PNB Housing cut rates

CAPITAL MARKET

• Markets rocket back up
• SEBI relaxes issue norms for media and entertainment companies
• BSE allows for lower threshold limit for listing