COMPANIES

• RIL pays fine for alleged breach of code
• IPCL price bids to be invited in March
• Polaroid India to restructure mktg
• Cypress Semiconductor to invest $15 mn in India
• IOC public offer for IBP at Rs 1,551 per share
• Hindustan Petroleum Q3 net down 82%
• QuickLogic opens design centre in B'lore
• IBM introduces low-power server
• PFC floats Rs 400 crore NCDs
• Dalmia reduces DSQ Bio stake
• Annapurna Foils set for delisting
• Enron board of directors restructured
• Sify seeks nod to offload arm to parent
• ABB India shifting to Bangalore
• PNB Asset Management starts two new funds
• TCS IPO dates by the end of February
• Taj, Oberoi eye new properties in Ktaka
• India Cements slides to second place
• Fiat to put in $600m in Indian operations
• Apple, Sun & Ericsson sign pact
• Dredging Corp selloff in works
• RIL gets nod for 3 Tullow oil blocks
• News Corp suffers $606m loss
• Shaw Wallace set to seal tie-ups abroad
• Ad war erupts betweenTata Salt, Annapurna
• Sika AG buying out Indian partner's stake
• Binny makes final VRS payments
• Cadila sulfolane for Taiwan co
• ebm-Nadi launches new range of products
• Rubco floats tender to export 10,000 tonnes
• BSNL seeks default carrier status for NLD calls
• Boston bags e-learning order
• Zensar systems for RPG`s Giant stores
• PMI opens chapter in Hyderabad
• IBM India roadshow in Hyderabad
• Microsoft launches Visual Studio
• LIC Housing Fin private placement
• Krishna Jala Nigam plans Rs 350-cr bond issue
• ITI bond issue oversubscribed
• Bata plans new range of footwear

GENERAL

• Disinvestment in 5 more PSUs by March
• Govt likely to allow FDI in retail
• Govt relaxes depository norms
• Telecom sector to grow at 20% in 2001-02
• A-I signs pact with Kuwait Airways
• NIIT to develop software for Sebi
• Net link via powerline
• Bidding of oil exploration in offing
• TN nuke plant to get Russian equipment

CAPITAL MARKET

• Cadila, Nirma lent funds to KP Group

PEOPLE

• Ratan Tata is Chairman of VSNL