COMPANIES

• Reliance is front-runner to bag Dabhol project
• SCI may up stake in LNG transportation companies
• Jindal Polyester plans Rs 570-crore spread plan
• Infrastructure industries post 5.2% growth in November
• VSNL, Bharti to set up two landing stations
  

GENERAL

• Make profits, DoT tells BSNL

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Banks invest more in gilts
• Banking Bill will lapse if polls are advanced
• IDBI to move RBI for recast of priority sector lending norms
  

MARKETS

• SEBI looks into bank-sponsored MFs
• Dividend stripping is the order of the day
• GAIL, ONGC offload plans
  

PEOPLE

• BHEL engineer honoured