COMPANIES

• No plans to exit L&T, says AV Birla group
• Roy seeks strategic partner to beef up Green Label brand
• FIs to await details of Sebi investigation
• Sahara, Inox ink MoU for Gurgaon multiplex
• Reliance sets the pitch for cell tariff war
• 2-wheeler exports zoom 67 per cent in April-October
• Brown & Polson, Rex up for sale
• Nicholas Piramal plans big push for respiratory drugs
• Invensys to set up automation centre in Hyderabad
• Lifestyle to invest Rs 50 crore more in local operations
• Baskin Robbins to rejig distribution structure in India
• Maruti to double exports, thanks to Netherlands
• Dr Reddy’s forays into critical care with Omeprazole
• Nagarjuna launches designer fertiliser
• Goa next in list for Sun-n-Sand
• Organon (India) to shift operations to Mumbai
• Ranbaxy to provide AIDS drugs to 10 lakh patients
• SAB India changes name
• HLL pays Rs 44 crore for remaining 26 pc in Modern Foods
• Himalaya Drug plans new venture in Egypt
• BIFR pulls up IDBI in Binny case
• BIFR may decide on ECL soon

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• It's a freeze-dried Thanksgiving at the space station
• '02 worst-ever year for global IT sector: IDC

GENERAL

• Ficci cautions government on non-tariff talks at WTO
• India pitches for product-specific agro sops
• JPC to finalise draft report today
• Delhi high court rejects Gammon’s petition
• Engineering exporters seek continuation of DEPB scheme

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Govt may go in for sell-off in UTI-II after 3-5 years
• ICICI Bank takes over Mardia Chemicals Unit under NPA act
• Moody's places IOC issuer on possible upgrade
• ICICI Bank launches ATM in Bengali
• IDBI ready with roadmap for universal bank
• Allahabad Bank seizes property in Chennai
• Despite NPA bill, Delhi DRTs fail to gain momentum
• ICICI to pay off entire merger liability by next fiscal-end
• Panel wants more EoIs Before Sicom stake sale
• Bank of India to outsource HR; sets up sub-committee

CAPITAL MARKET

• Grasim stock dips, L&T gains before SAT order is out
• Market expected to remain steady
• Income funds' NAV up sharply
• Bull dominated the market
• Kotak Mahindra up on rejig talk
• Silverline spurts on speculation - Analysts caution small investors
• SEBI turns down CSFB registration renewal
• Market regains confidence as tech stocks sizzle
• Rupee loses; gilts volatile

PEOPLE

• CBI chargesheets Flex Ind chief
• M L Narula to take over as MD of ACC
• Jet CEO says he's quitting to go back home