COMPANIES

• RIL, RPL merger on cards
• Hero Honda sales up 44% in Feb
• HLL to pass on tax benefits to consumers
• Bajaj Auto Feb sales up 29%
• Maruti launches special edition of Maruti 800
• UTI Bank to issue preferential shares to LIC
• UTI invests Rs 1700 crore in Essar group
• Indian Hotels borrow Rs 300 crore
• General Motors sales rise 14.1% in Jan
• IDL, Gulf Oil set to merge
• Unicef, Premji trust tie up
• Uniglobe-Ritika Modi tie-up
• Aventis CropScience to sell holding to DBK
• Andhra Bank cuts home loan rates
• Radico Khaitan to enter African market
• Meridien to enter Jaipur
• Berger acquires ICI's stake in JV
• Huawei plans to invest $30 m

GENERAL

• Cos queue up to declare dividends
• Postal tariffs up by 25-50%
• Premji is richest Indian, says Forbes

PEOPLE

• Subbu appointed Hyundai director
• P C Goswami is new director of OIL