COMPANIES

• Sun Micro, MindTree join hands
• Tatas to launch sedan this year
• Turbo Genset to float JV with Tatas
• Godrej&Boyce for organisational restructuring
• M&M introduces Bolero Camper
• Publicis buys Bcom3 for $3b
• UshaComm to invest $10m
• Qualis registers 28% sales surge in '01
• Film directors to make ads for colas
• HCL Tech alliance with ZAMBA
• Essar Shipping approves pref allotment
• Tata BP Solar to build integrated photovoltaics
• Samsonite plans outlets expansion
• VSNL scouting for foreign ILD partners
• Eicher sales up in Feb
• Ranbaxy teams up with Wockhardt
• E Merck rechristened
• McGraw-Hill sets up offices in Dubai

GENERAL

• US tariffs waived for Indian steel
• Cabinet approves central rule for UP
• Govt approves 100% FDI in auto sector
• Gem, jewellery exports up 24%
• Mahindra refuses Padma Vibhushan
• Russia keen to set up titanium dioxide plant in Orissa
• DPC due diligence stalled
• RBI cuts urban co-op banks' lending rates

CAPITAL MARKET

• Reliance revokes interim dividends
• RIL, ITC, HLL top US-64 portfolio
• ICRA downgrades Birla Global Finance rating
• PNB plans $33.8 mn IPO
• Gesco raises Rs 75 cr through preferential issue