COMPANIES

• Reliance’s mega gas pipelines proposal opposed by BORL
• JBIC threatens that it may invoke guarantees on Dabhol loan
• Sabeer Bhatia’s Navinmail silenced
• Wipro shares pledged to ICICI
• South African Breweries to acquire Mysore Breweries
• Videocon setting up wholly owned subsidiary in China
• SBI may route part of forex business to Kolkata
• BPL Mobile will bid for five cellular circles
• Indian Syntans syndicate picks up 5 percent stake in Bayer India
• Merck shuts down imaging products business
• Star to revise tariff card
• Intel targets public sector banks to drive future growth
• Soon a Sony call centre
• Oracle treads on Microsoft territory with online small business service
• Oracle India expands operations
• VSNL to stay out of 4th cell slot bidding
• TV Today, SET India may create joint platform
• Daewoo to launch Matiz variant
• Goodlass Nerolac FY '01 net down 25%
• Exiting foreign banks boon for HDFC Bank

GENERAL

• RBI issues asset management norms for NBFCs
• Indian banks to globalize
• ADB sees sharp decline in East Asian growth rates

CAPITAL MARKET

• Shrinking business forces brokers to shut down
• Outstanding positions on NSE decline by Rs 162 crore
• Fed lowers US rates by quarter point
• FIs, mutual funds come to UTI’s rescue
• Sebi holds Modi Rubber open offer valid
• Sebi restructures derivatives panel
• SAIL places Rs 185 crore NCD issue privately