COMPANIES

• Wockhardt bids for 40 per cent of Rhone Poulenc
• BPL to staking for 49 per cent control in RPG Cellular
• Yamaha to invest Rs 350 crore in its Indian arm
• Tata Chemicals to divest its cement unit
• Tata Power acquires Tata Petrodyne
• Wipro Buys 45 per cent in ISP

GENERAL

• Rs 10,607 crore incentive fund for states
• RBI to extend deadline for reducing bank promoters' stake
• IDBI to offload 51 per cent stake in SIDBI

CAPITAL MARKET

• NSDL aims at 10 lakh more accounts in 2001