COMPANIES

• Government gives green signal to RPL’s Rs 5,000-cr GDR issue
• Reliance, Bharti & BPL in race for 4th cell licence
• Bridgestone/Firestone terminates agreement with Ford
• Sebi wants RBI to fill up vacancies
• Intel gets go-ahead to issue redeemable pref shares
• Vivendi Universal to acquire MP3.Com in $372-m deal
• Jindal Power to set up 1,000-mw plant in Chhattisgarh
• Eicher posts net loss for 2000-01
• Balco management to launch VRS
• RIL increases stake in BSES via creeping route
• JVSL losses down by 98 crore
• Daewoo hit by a hike in duties on finished cars
• IFC to take 13.5 percent stake in Orchid Chemicals
• Takeover code not breached in Jai Prakash
• Reliance increases stake in L&T
• RIL plans to raise Rs 1,000 crore through preference shares...floats 3 overseas arms
• Philips to focus on the premium segment in TVs
• Hilton plans 10 five-star hotels
• Samsung; extensive investment plans
• RPG Cellular raises Rs 200 crore from ICICI, IL&FS, Rabo Bank
• AES shuts down unit, demands dues from Gridco

CAPITAL MARKET

• Political uncertainty pulls Sensex down 15 points
• New entrants in MSCI index rise

PEOPLE

• Raghav Bahl plans to increase stake in TV 18
• Pavan Bhatia resigns from Domino’s India