COMPANIES

• Dr Reddy's begins phase-I trials on dyslipidemia drug
• Zee Tele: To dip into share premium account
• Tata Motors board to meet
• Apollo Tyres to consider preferential allotment to Michelin
• GM to buy Daewoo Motors assembly assets in India
• Sathavahana commissions batteries
• IOC: To set up naphtha and polymer units
• Finolex to step up PVC pipes capacity
• Dalmia Cement to expand capacity
• Sonata Software in partnership with Gupta Tech
• Tata Steel: Founder's Day celebrations
• Deccan Gold: To explore Dharwad and Hutti
• ONGC: Upbeat on the KG basin
  

GENERAL

• Govt approves circular train for the South
• Chinese plastic lenses: Dumping duty proposed
• Steel prices: Roll back
• C-DAC: Indigenous technology for digital mobile radio
• Govt. clears 16 foreign tech tie-up proposals
• Flight timings altered
• Chennai-Colombo flight: Air Sahara jumps the gun
• Tuticorin as Hub Port: Short list for feasibility study

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee down 5 paise; gilts rise marginally
• G Secs
• LIC: To launch two unit-linked schemes
• SBI to finance Siemens equipment
• Centurion Bank studying rights issue
  

MARKETS

• Sensex:
• Counters:
• ONGC: Shourie clears issuance of participatory notes
• ONGC: Price band is Rs 680-750
• SEBI bars associate of Cyberspace promoters
• Gravity India: To issue 2:1 bonus
• Canliquid scheme's weekly dividend
• BSE and FISE propose a national market
• TV18 hits FII buy limit

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Flexcube tops in sales
• Britain will not discourage outsourcing
• Finacle for Thai banks

PEOPLE

• Emirates: New V-P for India and Nepal
• Sumantra Ghoshal: Global management guru is dead