COMPANIES

• Baron, Aiwa in JV for produciton unit
• Godrej Soaps to revamp soap brands
• SPIC to restructure
• Tata Sons plans bonus issue
• Agrani to get $100 million loan
• Kotharis split
• Voltas restructuring saves Rs 10 crore annually
• Exide acquires stake in Caldyne Automatics
• Pfizer seeks nod for subsidiary
• Hughes Software plans IPO
• Hitachi to pick up stake in TCEC
• Mastek to invest Rs 85 crore
• Nestle too in fray for Tetley
• AOL in software war with Microsoft, Yahoo
• Aerospatiale denies merger report

GENERAL

• ICICI plans entry into new areas
• SBI largest arranger of forex loans
• IDBI to enter universal banking
• Inflation rate up
• Sahara offers a Goa deal

CAPITAL MARKET

• UTI planning to make Mastershare open-ended
• Badla rate goes up
• Hong Kong bourse relaxes listing norms

PEOPLE

• Pamnani is Citibank head
• Nasser Munji on Voltas board
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