COMPANIES

• FIs turn down RIL request for control of BSES management
• Tatas hike stake in Telco by two per cent
• Nicholas Piramal and CDRI ready two more drugs
• LG India to foray into mobile handsets
• Birla-AT&T-Tata, Spice strategic talks fail

GENERAL

• ICICI ropes in Amitabh to prop up brand
• LIC misses IRDA deadline on equity increase

CAPITAL MARKET

• Gesco scrip rises in anticipation of counter-offer
• Wipro makes it debut at NYSE
• ICICI ADR touches all-time low of $7.56
• Sebi to plead for more power and to examine changes in takeover code

PEOPLE

• Gillette relieves chairman after poor results