COMPANIES

• Hughes to expand Internet service
• Reliance asks centre to save deal with IOC
• Sterling Info's $500-mn foreign issue cleared
• Reliance inks pact with Korean service provider
• Hero group moves into IT-enabled services
• HLL arm to buy into Rossell
• Auditors to look into UTIs investments in 88 firms
• Ranbaxy gets nod to market hypertension drug
• Intel launches 2.2 gig chip
• TPC, Gail may jointly bid for DPC
• Om Kotak Mahindra offers family cover
• ICICI Bank plans 100% UK arm
• Crisil downgrades Birla Global NCDs
• KPC offers Rs 3.60 for Birla stake in MRPL
• Tata Finance to shut down non-core unit
• M class Merc to be launched this year
• TCS in talks with GE Medical
• Reddy's mull closure of three overseas units

GENERAL

• NRIs may get dual citizenship
• Last date for filing I-T extended
• Govt to up excise duty
• Cos can hold forex a/c abroad
• PC sales hit
• IA to begin direct flight from Kerala to Sharjah
• India's first IT hardware park to come in W.Bengal
• SBI installs video conferencing

PEOPLE

• Yves Saint Laurent retires