COMPANIES

• Chauhan reverses stand on Bisleri sale
• Indian Oil puts in offer to buy stake in IBP
• Indian Shaving may win race to buy Eveready's batteries unit
• Jatia group to bring in drugstore chain in the country
• Vodafone wins over Spanish group for stake in cellular company
• Kesoram to hive off realty into two subsidiaries
• ONGC and Indian Oil may set up joint venture

GENERAL

• Will freeing long distance telephony pare DTS revenues?
• New internet domain suffixes approved by Icann board
• RBI may give final clearance for Stanchart’s ANZ takeover
• Bears may get upper hand if Sensex closes below 4846 level

CAPITAL MARKET

• New badla norms come into effect
• New software listings go the NBFC way

PEOPLE

• Ramesh Subrahmanian may be next Hoechst Marion MD