COMPANIES

• Hyundai to launch Sonata in July
• Leyland, TVS and Irizar form tripartite alliance for bus bodies
• Pepsi to invest Rs 100crore in Aquafina plants
• Scheider-Legrand merger to impact Indian switchgear market
• TVS Suzuki sales up 7 percent in January
• Marconi to set up 100 per cent subsidiary in India
• Bell Labs sets up yet another R&D centre in India
• Titan likely to foray into high precision equipment

GENERAL

• Sidbi to set up $500-m overseas VCF
• Kudremukh Iron expansion to cost Rs 560 crore
• Red Herring to start Asian edition
• Economic growth likely to slip to 6 per cent

PEOPLE

• Mr. Muthuraman to be new MD of Tata Steel