COMPANIES

• Sterlite to list on LSE in 2 months
• Big B plans corporate comeback via films in JV with Mega Groups
• Modicare plans centres at Tiruchi, Tirunelveli
• Cauvery Oil unit to go on stream in July
• Tamilnadu Petro's exit from Petro Araldite may be delayed
• Sterlite to set up bauxite mining project in Orissa
• Galada told to sort out profit-sharing with Hind Alum
• Yearly net of 556 major companies up 38.4 per cent
• Becton studying ways to prevent reuse of syringes
• Samsung plans R&D thrust, to double investment by '05

GENERAL

• Inflation skids further to 5.65 per cent
• Ministry looking for dual use AJTs

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Line of credit only via Exim Bank: Govt
• Reinsurance outlook negative: S&P
• IDBI rules out credit sops to HFCL
• BoB aims at 18.2 pc credit offtake growth
• SBI Life offers cover for SSI loans
• NMGB records 24.86 pc rise in net profit

CAPITAL MARKET

• HDFC Bank hits 52-week high
• It's party time for media stocks, courtesy CAS

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• UK banks to shift 2 lakh jobs to India
• Cisco wins injunction against Chinese firm
• Corel agrees to $98 mn takeover bid from Vector
• Oracle move pathetic: Conway
• Outsourcing curbs will be limited, India assured
• SEC considers cracking down on rating firms

PEOPLE

• New DGM for Bank of India
• Nabard regional office CGM