COMPANIES

• Banned players may go westward
• Daimler stake in Bajaj Tempo to be acquired by the Firodias
• Wipro could benefit from US slowdown says Premji
• Cisco Systems, IIT Delhi to set up research lab
• Gujarat Tractors-a poor turnaround effort
• Ranbaxy looks for R&D ally in US
• Thermax winds up its electronics subsidiary
• FII hikes stake in United Breweries
• Aurobindo Pharmaceutical lowers anti-AIDS drugs prices
• IFC acquires 10 percent stake in Vysya Bank
• Tata Metaliks may expand capacity at Kharagpur
• ICICI Knowledge Park in tie-up with top academic institutes for research
• Max India out of pharma
• Tata Power mulls hiving off telecom business
• Thermax; restructures
• Tata Engg; shot in the arm
• M&M launches new and improved Voyager
• VSNL divestment; trying times ahead
• Government to retain 26 percent in MTNL divestment

GENERAL

• DoT criticized for method of giving licences
• DoD goes to law ministry for advice on Sebi orders

CAPITAL MARKET

• Sebi to be overhauled
• Sebi to head for Ahmedabad
• HLL, MTNL, ITC gainers in modest Index rise

PEOPLE

• Senior officials quit from Enron India
• Ranbaxy inducts new managers