COMPANIES

• Foreign currency bonds: IHCL raises $150 million
• Bio-Rad Labs unveils new diagnostic kit for diabetes
• Aurobindo Pharma allots warrants to promoters
• PSL gets pipeline deal in Bangladesh
• Honda cars January sales up 90% to 2,781 units
• Hyundai January sales up 66% to 17,035 units
• Tata Motors January sales up 32%
• Ashok Leyland to raise $100 million via bonds/GDRs
• Century Plyboards to open laminates unit
• Reliance raises $250 million from overseas loans
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Syndicate Bank plans bancassurance subsidiary
• Union Bank slashes home loan rates
• UCO Bank cuts export credit rates
• Allianz Bajaj starts operations in Mangalore
• IDBI Bank starts first dedicated loan centre in Hyderabad
• ICICI Prudential cover for SIB customers
  

MARKETS

• Stake sale talk: J&K Bank hits an all-time high
• Sundaram MF to launch Leadership Fund
• Tata Mutual to monitor agents' ways of functioning
• Alliance Capital recasts MF plans
• Sensex gains 136 points
• Rupee remains steady