COMPANIES

• Jim Beam Brands breaks up with Radico Khaitan
• Tinplate to invest Rs 25 crore to expand production
• M&M’s Nashik unit strike ends
• Merck declares global price war in Aids drugs
• RPG’s new retailing business plans put on hold
• Buddy Davis to foray into UK fashion markets
• McDonald to add 15 outlets in 2001

GENERAL

• JM Morgan Stanley retail service in more cities
• DPC invokes counter guarantee for the second time
• Centurion’s retail assets stand at Rs 750 crore
• REC plans bond issue
• NPPA brings down 5 drug prices
• Private sector steel output goes up by 44.29 percent

PEOPLE

• Mr. Steven Heyer to head new ventures unit at Coke