COMPANIES

• Nissan to enter India
• Bayer CropScience to launch 4 new products
• Krebs Bio shuts unit
• Herbertsons: Mallya, Kishore fail to agree on UB
• Ranbaxy completes acquisition of RPG (Aventis)
• Deepak Fertilisers setting up Rs 200-crore isopropyl alcohol project
• Kinetic plans to increase motorcycle market share
• Britannia to consolidate milk business in Mumbai
• Ford reports drop in sales
• Sutherland to set up BPO unit in Mumbai
• TVS-E, Rediff in tie-up
• 175 Sify staff move to Element K

GENERAL

• Gold touches record Rs 6,370
• PC sales cross 1 million in first half
• Cellular subscriber base at 28.19 million in December
• Foodgrain stocks at 5-year low
• COAI files withdrawal application

BANKING AND FINANCE

• RBI issues customer guidelines for NBFCs
• Toyota Kirloskar in pact with Corporation Bank
• ICICI Bank to go slow on branch expansion
• ICICI Bank to cut customer servicing costs
  

MARKETS

• Sensex swings 200 points in volatile trading
• SEBI proposes changes in take over code
• ONGC, GAIL public offers open on March 10
• Corporation Bank to sell DSP Merrill MF products
• Reliance MF plans media, power, pharma funds

INTERNATIONAL BUSSINES

• Judge sets stage for Enron creditors on reorganization plan
• UK cos can access Indian markets via Sri Lanka
• Airlines oppose US plans on armed flight marshals
• S Asian single currency inevitable: Paul