COMPANIES

• VisualSoft Q3 net down 74%
• BG offers $350 mn to EOGIL for gas field
• Air India to get more funds
• Bharti sets Rs 45 as floor-price for issue
• Bharti Touchtel to come to Delhi soon
• Colgate's Q3 net up by 30%
• Atlas Copco to introduce new products
• PNB Gilts Q3 net down 50%
• HDFC board okays JV with Chubb
• Corp Bank Q3 profit up 10.2%
• Sahara group ventures into film production
• Bharti to roll out cellular service in Mumbai in May
• Siemens Q1 net $476.1m
• Geometric inks JV with Dassault
• Zigma ties up with Anna varsity
• Netscape sues Microsoft
• Indian Hotels Q3 net slumps
• Siemens-led group pacts for Bangalore airport
• Warburg plans $700 mn investment
• Asian Paints net up by 33.8%
• Cadbury Schweppes open offer begins
• Yahoo to introduce paid search service
• Polaris Q3 net down 7%
• Chatterjee pays Rs 107 cr for Haldia stake
• Apollo Hospitals Q3 turnover up 18%
• Eicher posts Rs 32-lakh net profit
• Cadila Healthcare Q3 net down 15.74%
• UB clinches Rs 430cr JV deal with British co
• Pallonji to buy out Sanwarmal
• Hindustan Insecticides divestment plan shelved
• Tata Chem posts lower net at Rs 46 cr
• DSCL posts 11% rise in sales
• VSNL buys land in Bandra-Kurla
• Motorola to set up campus in Bangalore
• Philips rolls out battery-free radio
• Panalpina India forms new consortium
• UTI Bank may issue shares to LIC
• Australian co plans car unit in AP
• Parle Agro plans product expansion

GENERAL

• India to acquire Russian transport planes
• India to consider UAE satellite system
• Long-distance lease lines to cost less
• VAT deferred by a year
• ADB evinces interest in ARC
• Customs seeks DPC clarification

CAPITAL MARKET

• Highest safety rating for Sundaram Finance

PEOPLE

• New CEOs for PSU oil majors