COMPANIES

• Sahara gets IRDA nod for entry into life insurance
• Ranbaxy launches diabetes drug in liquid form in US
• MRPL expands retail presence
• Zee Tele to raise $100 m through ECBs
• Cognizant net profit at Rs 25.83 cr
• ONGC to get a makeover
• Corolla edges out competitors in a fierce race
• Philips profit falls 36 per cent in 2003
• Reliance to take on Nocil's plastics, petrochem divisions
• Dabur to enter functional food segment
• IOC's Paradip Oil project revised to Rs 7,500 crore
• Bharti acquires 5 unified licences worth Rs 63 crore
• 1.5 crore SIM card tender from BSNL
  

GENERAL

• FICCI against Govt subsidizing IIMs
• Indian PC market grew at 19.5 pc: Gartner
• ICAI revises the preface to accounting norms
• Personal credit quadruples since 2000

BANKING AND FINANCE

• ICICI Bank sees a drop in share price
• MetLife India launches group insurance
• Oriental Insurance ties up with Department of Posts
  

MARKETS

• Retail investors flocking to mutual funds
• Fund managers say interest rates could harden
• IFCI hit by adverse merger ratio reports
• Sensex swings up in late-hours on buying pressure
• Tata Steel gains
• Escorts MF to recast proposal

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Sun Microsystems, CDFD set up medical bioinformatics centre
• Sun Microsystems, ICRISAT set up centre of excellence to promote e-learning
• Domino's on look out for new ad agency

PEOPLE

• Six new Dy. MDs for State Bank