Highlights

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COMPANIES

• KMPG takes over Andersen Consulting
• Dividend watch: Few corporates declare payouts
• Case against cell operators over limited mobility - Reliance joins race in the last lap
• ONGC awaits Cabinet nod for VRS plan
• Bharti Cellular NCD taken off rating watch
• Repeal of sick industrial cos Act may become reality soon
• Delta Papers may foray into power, sugar
• Jet carries 6 m passengers in single fiscal
  

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• There's still scope for rate cuts: IMF MD
• Berkshire reports record profit of $4.3bn in '02
• Kuwait, Iraq oil ministers to skip Opec meet
• War in Iraq to hurt global tourism bad
• China becomes world's second biggest diamond polisher

GENERAL

• Malaysian cops harass 270 Indians
• 70 per cent CEOs favour FRBM Act with cap on deficits & debt
• Bunker adjustment factor price to rise from April 1
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• High-yield bonds for US-64 punters, may be tradeable
• LIC to withdraw three schemes by March
• National Insurance, Allahabad Bank join hands
  

CAPITAL MARKET

• Post-Budget sensex dip 2nd worst in 10 years
• NSE changes price bands
• BSE modifies circuit filter limit
• United Phosphorus: Restructuring to be fruitful
• SEBI relief to SE subsidiaries on turnover fee
• Wrangle over regulatory body delays IDR norms
• Infy premium drops
• Year-end concerns override Budget euphoria - Selling pressure on gilts may continue