COMPANIES

• Osama Suzuki to visit India today
• MUL is confident to serve corporate clients
• Adanis to venture into salt business
• IOC likely to go alone in TN pipeline project
• VSNL to invest Rs 1,200 crore in Tata Tele
• VSNL Q4 net profit down to Rs 316 crore
• IOC to invest Rs 450 crore into retailing
• Tata Steel upgrades furnace, spends Rs 200 crore
• Fiat diesel version models by 2003
• Sardas to resume buying into BSL
• Vertebrand opens shops in Chennai, Hyderabad
• Carlson Hotels to open 13 Radissons in India
• Keltron joins hands with CMC
• GE India foresees 10-12% revenue growth
• Daksh expects a leap in revenue
• Ranbaxy cuts debt by 50% to Rs 126 crore
• Bharat Biotech to launch streptokinase
• GCPL rolls out Nupur powder henna brand
• Indian lenders wants to sell Daewoo (India)
• B&L to tap vision-care market in Punjab
• ITDC to provide educational courses in hospitality
• SAIL foresees recovery by 2003

GENERAL

• FIIs barred from buying shares in UB
• PSUs favourite as govt gets Rs 45,000 crore
• Sebi says Ketan Parekh duped his own partners
• Centre, states may jointly monitor co-op banks
• RBI okays Rs 6,000-cr private placement of bonds
• SBI not to cut jobs

CAPITAL MARKET

• Markets may bounce back after govts response