COMPANIES

• Govt clears HPCL, BPCL sell-off
• Essar set to resume work on Jamnagar refinery
• Satyam Cineplexes to focus on South
• Khivraj group draws up real estate plans
• Glen India targets Rs 100-cr turnover in 3 years
• Idea-Apollo cardiac care launched
• C&W offer to convert its branch office in co spiked
• Timex Corp to bail out desi unit fourth time
• Hind Lever to facelift direct non-selling brand
• Essma plans sales hub in UK
• Tata Infotech shifts focus to corp training

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Tech Chiefs enter '03 with dim hopes
• Job cuts in London could touch 35,000 by year-end
• Bush proposes raises based on performance for workers
• Swiss planning more fleet, job cuts

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Central Bank drive to modernise branches
• SBI plans group connectivity
• Bond market's free fall just a blip
• RBI okays Rs 770-cr recap to Indian Bank
• Andhra Bank EGM on March 10 - To return Rs 50 cr to Govt this fiscal
• UBI revises deposit rates

CAPITAL MARKET

• Dabur: Demerger to kick off activity
• Old economy, bank stocks may see bargain buying
• SEBI, Lanka regulator sign cooperation pact