COMPANIES

• Hutchison to unveil GPRS services
• Custodian appointed for Baroda Coop Bank
• LIC annuity to be relaunched on Feb 1
• IDBI to offer 26% stake in bank to strategic partner
• Peerless unveils insurance-linked plan
• Cipla Q3 net up 17%
• Escotel to invest Rs 1,100 cr
• Bharti to issue shares in demat
• MICO's buyback opens
• Bharat Forge Q3 net up 56.96%
• Lafarge to cut jobs
• Norsk to sell Utkal stake to Indal-Alcan
• TCS launches eIBS
• LG Electronics to launch new audio products

GENERAL

• Forex reserves up by $ 628 million
• Auto Expo gets orders worth $2,18,000

PEOPLE

• Vijay Singh quits Sony Music