COMPANIES

• Kinetic Nova travels to Europe
• Baxter India slashes dialysis fluid prices
• Amtek Auto to acquire GWK group for £5 m
• Plastro Plasson ties up with PAFPL for drip irrigation
• Maruti 800 still driving the company higher
• TRAI reluctant to step into VSNL-FLAG row
• Ram Informatics gets contract in Iran
• Data protection solution from Computer Associates International
• Infineon to double headcount for R&D
• DoT ruling a boost for call centres
• First AppleCentre in India at Bangalore
  

GENERAL

• Sorabjee favours alternate dispute resolution method
• Narmada dam height to rise to 110 meters
• Walt Disney to decide on its own channel for India
• IIM-Bangalore faculty criticise fee cut
• Guangdong to showcase its output in Mumbai
• PwC says entertainment and media spend will grow

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee stable
• Dhanalakshmi Bank goes for technology upgradation
• ICICI PruLife hikes capital base
• Birla Sun Life goes for E-mail alerts
• ICRA rates Lupin A1 for its short-term debt programme
  

MARKETS

• Sensex arrests bear run
• StanChart enables access to global MFs
• Birla Advantage Plan declares 25 per cent dividend
• JM Mutual Fund declares dividend
• Varun Shipping to list at Singapore
• S&P is positive on ICICI Bank public issue

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Police identify Moroccan suspects
• Spain's Zapatero says Bush and Blair lied

PEOPLE

• Tarini Vaidya is new Treasury Head for Centurion
• Amit Sharma is Motorola India country president
• Jayakumar to head Citigroup's consumer finance
• Unique honour for AP scientist