COMPANIES

• HLL & International Bestfoods to jointly market their products
• Hero Honda 100cc `Passion' bike launched
• Coke and Pepsi to cost more in metros
• AV Birla group planning to exit from MRPL
• Sterlite to hive off power transmission division
• Virgin to launch its revamped on Delhi-London service

GENERAL

• India ranked second from last in globalisation
• Government likely to offload PSU stake to FIs

PEOPLE

• CNN's Ted Turner sets up anti-nuclear body