COMPANIES

• Reliance to bid for 25 per cent stake in VSNL
• Tata, SIA to jointly bid for 40 per cent of Air-India
• TCI spreads out wings to Bangladesh
• Hughes and Sun Microsystems team up on mobile data
• Citrix to launch IT applications platform in India
• Tisco wants to retire debts and look for acquisitions
• Apollo & Parkway to set up hospital management firm
• Ipca Lab plans new neuro and skincare products
• Samsonite India to become base for global supplies
• Praxair & BOC drop JV bid for Bhilai Oxygen
• UB wants to take equity in bottling units

GENERAL

• Dr. Bimal Jalan: Economy set to grow beyond 6 per cent
• SCI goes for $115-m ECB for fleet expansion

PEOPLE

• MindTree reshuffle lands COO in the US
• Air India reshuffles top brass, fills up key posts