COMPANIES

• Tisco top steelmaker, says US body
• Tatas up stake in group companies
• Koshika sells stake to Kathuria, gains lifeline
• New i-Flex development unit at Chennai
• Modis open offer brings over 35 per cent stake
• Inquiry into closure of Coca-Cola plants
• General Motors almost ready for Vectra launch
• Mutual fund from L&T
• Zee owners sold Zee stock, aided market manipulation
• BNP Paribas to go retail in big way, to tie up with SBI Cardif
• ICICI Bank launches ‘Sparsh’ online kiosks
• HLL draws up revival plan for Modern Foods
• Trent plans retail chain for groceries
• Eli Lilly ties up with Austin Shasun for R&D
• Elder to bring in cardiac, anti-hypertensive drugs
• Indian Hotels to tie up with SATS for air catering
• Century Consultants declared defaulter
• Tata Steel ferro-chrome closed down
• Tata Steel in joint venture for captive port
• infrastructure convergence cell at KPMG
• Mascon calls off Maars merger

GENERAL

• Enron wants Supreme Court to review stay on arbitration
• IRDA for better rural coverage
• PSU banks form Rs 2,000-cr US-64 bailout package
• JP Morgan lowers India's GDP growth forecast

CAPITAL MARKETS

• Selling pressure downs sensex