COMPANIES

• Mahanadi Coalfields achieves highest sales realisation among Orissa cos
• Cadila Launches new drug for asthma treat
• Varroc Engg Noida plant to supply plastic parts to LG
• Jet Airways to unveil new fares to stimulate growth
• Tata Teleservices reports Rs 205-crore loss in '02-03
• Century Enka plans Rs 150-crore investment to expand units
• Trai likely to curb number of tariff plans
• Financial crunch forces Morepen to delay FD repayments
• Brooke Bond to lead HLL's umbrella branding
• Nicklodeon splits with Zee-Turner
• IRFC Contracts $75-m Forex Loan
• Karnataka not keen on Reliance gas deal
• Hinduja TMT moots Rs 5 interim dividend
• Imax ties up with Aerens to expand theatre network
• Samsonite India plans design plant
• Around 400 HCI staff accept VRS
• HC takes up Jessop hearing
• Mallya, Chhabrias in talks to bury the hatchet
• BSES names lead arrangers for term loan
• Bharat Forge hopes to bag big auto parts outsource pie
• Nicholas Piramal to bet on exports
• Radio Mirchi eyes Rs 60-crore revenue

GENERAL

• States asked to pre-pay 30 per cent debts with small savings funds
• Exports of mustard seed creating oil shortage
• Third World for collective steps to meet WTO goals

BANKING AND FINANCE

• SBI to get Rs 700 crore from Harshad shares
• J&K Bank 2002-03 net rises 30 per cent to Rs 338 crore
• Union Bank clocks 76 per cent higher net at Rs 553 crore
• Sundaram Finance completes maiden securitisation deal
• Mahindra Fin looks beyond M&M
• Canara Bank revises floating rates on deposits
• BoB reduces lending rates
• Canara Bank board meet
• NHB can specify debt-equity ratio for HFCs post-buyback
• TCI puts off merger share allotments
• TN co-operative bank staff to stage dharna

CAPITAL MARKET

• RBI seeks SEBI probe into G-sec dealing by JM Mutual, 2 firms
• Trading interest dull in major bourses
• CSE okays contract notes on electronic form
• i-flex down on number concerns
• Bajaj Auto down on price-cut buzz
• Mastek in limelight
• VSNL, MTNL stocks up

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• US probes if Boeing misused Lockheed papers
• US tech job scene bleak: survey

PEOPLE

• India-born Ajit Jain may run the Buffet empire