COMPANIES

• AirTel services outsourced to Ericsson
• HCC wins NHAI order
• Reliance to install petrol, power stations in Karnataka
• Mahindras to own majority stake in Bristlecone
• ABB India bags Asiamoney award
• Hughes Soft to diversify
• Satyam sets up development centre in Canada
• Jay Shree Tea to manage Singbuli estate
  

GENERAL

• Economy to grow by 8.1 per cent in 2003-2004
• India's first LNG terminal commissioned
• AIMA to write to Joshi

BANKING AND FINANCE

• NTPC to raise Rs 900 crore
• ICICI Bank board to raise capital
• LIC Housing Finance acts against defaulters
• SBI launches floating ATM
• IBA drafts rehabilitation plan for tea sector loans
• SBI Life To increase capital base
  

MARKETS

• New Guidelines for MF investment in derivatives
• CESC board approves Rs 50-cr rights issue
• Four Soft IPO opens on Feb 16
• Welspun members aprove FII limit hike
• Bata to delist from CSE

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Belgium open to outsourcing to India
• Desmond to bid for Daily & Sunday Telegraph
• US merchandise exports up 21 per cent
• Bush advocates need for BPOs

PEOPLE

• V K Singh is CMD for Northern Coalfields
• Rudy pays up Taj Goa bills