COMPANIES

• Air-India to shed 2,000 jobs in revamp
• Zee allowed to uplink from India
• Videocon to bid for DPC stake
• GAIL to pick up stake in ONGIO International
• Royal Orchid Hotels expands ops
• Enron, GE, Bechtel oppose Tata Power, BSES
• JK taps Chinese firm for marketing
• Israeli firm to buy Excel agrochem stake
• Dabur buying Artrex from Bio Ved
• BPL, Sanyo to form joint venture deal
• ABB to hike stake in Indian arm
• Godrej Telecom to merge with holding firm

GENERAL

• ONGC strikes oil
• Flex chief moves HC for bail
• RITES bags $500,000 African contract
• CIIs social summit begins

CAPITAL MARKET

• RBI to allow retails bids in govt securities
• Dresdner to close broking operations
• Sebi recommends action against plantation Cos