COMPANIES

• Nicholas Piramal buys up 40 per cent stake in Rhone-Poulenc
• Kopran to merge group firm with itself
• Tisco to increase stake in special steels unit
• Syngenta India to merge two associate firms
• Indian Hotels bids for two HCI hotels

GENERAL

• Government clears 28 FDI proposals; Enron proposal approved

CAPITAL MARKET

• Weekend BSE Sensex registers 128 point loss
• Sebi relaxes IPO norms, mutual fund regulations
• NSE, BSE gear up for launch of CNS system