COMPANIES

• D-Link launches new networking products
• Samsung Watch Corporation looks to Indian market
• DRL to host scientific advisory meet
• Hind Lever eyes Rs 1,000 cr from each brand
• Silverline Tech board okays plan to quit some units
• Nicholas Piramal to transfer its stake in Gujarat Glass to new holding co
• HM, M&M in soup as Delhi puts brakes on new RTVs
• GTL plans to add 1,400 staffers by '04
• Cable guys join hands to take on big daddies
• Eternit Everest to modernise 3 units
• Dr Reddy's to present research findings at US meet
• Dettol, Ayush row whips up `antiseptic' lather
• FashionTV, Modi Group spat continues
• Rama Newsprint up for sale — ICICI scouting for buyers
• Venkateshwara Hatcheries to manufacture FMD vaccines
• Lee Pharma gets Brazilian accreditation

GENERAL

• Panel rejects Rasi Seeds’Bt cotton bid
• Make full use of SEZs: Jaitley to US investors
• Iran moots C&S Asian Trade Bloc

BANKING AND FINANCE

• ALF to mop up Rs 105 cr through preferential issue
• IFC likely to pick IMGC stake
• HDFC targets 30 per cent growth in loan approvals, disbursements
• HDFC expects to borrow Rs 6,000 cr from markets
• HDFC sells 20 lakh shares of AMC to Standard Life
• Rs 28-cr loan default to Karur Vysya Bank — Interim injunction passed against Hamsaveni Spinners
• Arvind Mills commercial paper gets `P1+' rating
• DRT recovers Rs 53 cr till April
• SIDBI seeks Govt nod to buy securitised assets
• IFC to advance $15 million to Balrampur Chini Mills

CAPITAL MARKET

• Rupee ends 5 paise weaker; G-securities recover
• Power stocks fuse out; mid-caps rally
• Tata Mutual working on Fund of Funds
• Ranbaxy Labs: Outlook positive, buy July calls
• Rain Calcining jumps on funds' support
• Hikal gains on USFDA hopes
• FISE may submit `Indonext' plan to SEBI today
• Maruti issue oversubscribed 2.7 times on day 2

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Charles de Gaulle Airport to have new terminal for SkyTeam
• US govt may suspend business with WorldCom
• SEC may sue 2 former Lucent officials: Report
• PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle takeover bid
• Standards group gives go-ahead to faster Wi-Fi
• Boeing to cut 270 jobs

PEOPLE

• IDBI Bank chief to retire
• Rahul Bajaj in WTO body