COMPANIES

• Cipla gets compulsory licence for AIDS drugs
• Petronet to start commercial operations from April
• Veronica's ayurvedic AIDS drug soon
• Goldstone to hike capital
• Ashok Leyland launches its LCV in Andhra
• Godrej Consumer Products for buyback of shares
• Thomas Cook: Q1 net profit at Rs 8 crore
• Rolta happy with RoltaSecure
• Hughes Escorts plans hub in Bangalore
• VoiceGate: Integrated call centres
  

GENERAL

• Operations hit at Chennai Container Terminal

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee higher - Bonds down
• BoB to reduce floating home loan rates
• ICICI Bank adds to its 2-wheeler portfolio
• Birla Sun Life: Capital hike of Rs 40 crore
• United Western: Rs 55 crore raised through bonds
• ADB: Bond proceeds for core sector projects
  

MARKETS

• Haldia Petrochem's IPO likely in May-June '04
• January: Mutual Funds asset base
• DSP Merrill Lynch: New diversified equity fund
• Sensex recovers
• Counters:
• NSE issues notice: Derivative contracts revision
• PSU offers oversubscribed
• GAIL employees to get loan for IPO subscription
• MphasiS: Overseas listing and buy-out of subsidiary

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• NeST: First offshore development initiative from the gulf
• Worm Warning
• McAfee offers Entercept

PEOPLE

• Thomas Cook: Board revamp