COMPANIES

• Zee acquires majority stake in Padmalaya
• Zee to hold talks with AOL
• Dr Reddy's plans overseas buy
• Thomson targets Delhi
• No IPO plans for Reliance Infocom
• Skoda to introduce Superb
• Tisco to make mobile launch pad for Isro
• OpenTide to set up shop in India
• Wipro plans to hive off fluid power business
• Tanishq eyes US market
• UTI announces 5% dividend for its g-secs
• Gulf Oil, IDL merger at 2:1 ratio
• Aptech 2001 net down 98%
• GTB recalls Rs 185 crore loans from HFCL
• Reliance to roll out NLD, WLL services by June
• Lee Cooper to double outlets
• Tulip pays up for Juhu Centaur
• Volvo to launch sleeper buses
• Alstom to supply steam turbine gen set to Monnet
• MTNL mulls stake in Sri Lanka Telecom
• Spice Telecom plans Rs 50-cr expansion
• Mahindra Holidays expands into North
• Asianet earth station by May
• Nestle to launch Active V
• Pantaloon plans Big Bazaar in Mumbai
• RPL in talks with 3 PSU oil giants
• Star, NDTV to split next year
• Compaq beats IBM in laptops
• Birla buys 35% in Utkal
• Reebok, Adidas to expand retail ops
• ITC to launch Kings Lights
• KPMG, TCS in strategic tie-up
• Thomson to launch Technicolor in India
• Tata Waterhouse values SCI share at Rs 127

PEOPLE

• Shashi Ruia on PMs trade council