COMPANIES

• Satyam Info plans equity issue
• Kouni to acquire Eco Adventure Tours
• Bajoria flouted takeover code, says CLB
• Chandra sells 50 lakh ZTL shares
• Shanta to set up new biotech unit
• Boots brands launch planned
• SKF Bearings plans rights issue
• Alcatel to cut 2,500 US jobs
• J&J to launch global brands
• Cipla cuts AIDS therapy prices
• Six new vehicles from Telco

GENERAL

• VRS pulls down bank bottomlines
• Consortium in aid of US-64n rescue
• Govt may seek fourth cellular rebid

CAPITAL MARKET

• Market intermediaries learning anew

PEOPLE

• Amitabh Kumar joins Zee Tele
• Ashwin Muthiah to run SPIC
• John Mack, new CEO at Credit Suisse First Boston