COMPANIES

• Tata Coffee gets new head
• CEC of US enters India through a tie-up with Marshall
• HCL Infosystems ties up with Broad Vision
• Tata Tea to leverage Tetley brand and explore new markets
• Sun Infoways hires consultants for Zap deal
• Indian Oil plans to set up Haldia-Paradeep pipeline
• Voltas exits from its foods subsidiary
• LML may go in for fresh technical tie-ups
• Mafatlals scouting for partners in Nocil joint venture

GENERAL

• ICAI to make EPS accounting norm mandatory
• Government throws open basic telephony to all

CAPITAL MARKET

• LSE puts merger with Deutsche on hold

PEOPLE

• StanChart sets up venture fund with Malliwal as head
• Fiat gets new marketing head
• Entrepreneur bug bites two senior Wipro officials
• Amitabh Kumar to continue as VSNL head