COMPANIES

• M&M to beat slump with genset engines 
• IHCL plans select acquisitions of international hotels, brands 
• McDowell ties up With US, Aussie, French firms for bulk wine import 
• Maruti hikes export target for 2002-03 by over 50% 
• Daewoo India, Honda Siel, HM to benefit from removal of export obligation 
• War-struck IT firms find safe havens overseas
• Heyday for luxury cars on new entrants
• Enron: HSBC takes Rs 167-cr hit
• Tisco, Pechiney may tie up for Nalco bid 
• Iffco, Kribhco in talks to buy 10% each in Hazira
• Bacardi breezes in pre-mix beverage segment
• Sterlite's India Foils sells prime property for Rs 5cr
• Jindals to be lone bidder as Tisco-Arcelor plans to opt out
• Tata group mulls TISl meger with VSNL
• CLP PowerGen to buy out 12% of JV partner
• TVS Motor to spend Rs 350 cr on new products
• Lupin in talks with MNCs for NDDS products
• BILT board meet on VRS tomorrow 
• TRAI not keen to mediate in VSNL- BSNL dispute
• HPCL to tie up with Ford, Hyundai for service centres
• BG India plans extension of broadband venture
• Samsung eyes big slice in fridge segment

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Toyota and Honda, not made in Japan
• White House defers $1-bn IT projects
• Gloomy economic indicators have Wall Street running scared
• India to allows Bangladesh goods duty-free access
• German employers fear 200,000 jobs under threat
• Boeing makes contract offer, union says misses mark
• Piracy Eco criminals net $31 billion a year
• Argentine court rulings hit election plans, aid hopes

GENERAL

• Inflation crosses 3% mark for first time in 2002 
• Grid security issues to dominate WREB meet 
• Ministry to go easy on food labels
• Subscribers to gain from delay in EPF notification

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Priority sector: Jai Kisan! but money is a no-no 
• Centres borrowings chug along despite a few hiccups 
• One step forward, two steps back
• `AMP Sanmar does well on rural front'
• The trend is to shed forex debt and tap bond markets
• SEZ units can hedge sans RBI approval
• Plan for supervisory body for urban co-op banks dropped
• IDBI may go for preferential issue to cut IDBI Bank stake 
• Reduction in bank rate will not lead to higher credit offtake, say Experts 
• ANZ Grindlays gets StanChart tag now

CAPITAL MARKET

• After lull, IT's boom time again
• Private MFs zip ahead, Big Daddy trips
• UTI sector funds seem to offer some relief
• Balaji Tele on upper limit
• Some bright spots likely in range-bound trading
• Infotech counters show resilience
• Shares consolidate, await rise in foreign funds buying 

PEOPLE

• Dishnet COO quits