COMPANIES

• Dabur to relaunch Samara personal care range
• Sterlite Optical to set up $300-m unit
• Tata Power to acquire Tata Petrodyne
• Ranbaxy Labs to tap rural markets
• Alcatel, Tata Telecom bag $12 m Birla AT&T contract
• TISCO talks with auto majors for supplying CR sheet

GENERAL

• CII strategy paper upbeat on higher growth
• Investor protection fund to be set up soon

PEOPLE

• Lalit Sawhney, HLL IT chief join HFCL arm