COMPANIES

• Tata Honeywell integrated security system for IOC
• GSK and Burroughs Wellcome merge
• Club Mahindra achieves ISO 9001:2000
• Wind River OS for Konkan Railway and Reliance
• OPI has another BPO facility in Bangalore
• Qualcomm: CDMA handsets in India to top 13 million
• Hutch customers can choose their numbers in AP
• BSNL's offer basket for Tamil Nadu
• Bharti gets Tekelec systems
• Mobile blogging portal from Mensamind
• Topspin plans R&D centre in Bangalore
• NIIT offers .Net course
• Satyam and Actuate to collaborate
• Reliance broadband network roll out in 12-24 months
• TRAI norms on broadband by month-end: Baijal
• BSNL plans to become largest telecom player in SE Asia
  

GENERAL

• Texprocil flays US, Turkish bodies plea for more time
• Bicycle makers' concern over rising steel prices
• Commonwealth Travel Mart begins today

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee stable
• Fitch rates L&T Holding's NCD programme as F1+(ind)
• Exim Bank will extend $2.2-b credit to African nations
• UTI Bank will achieve 30 per cent growth during fiscal
• Bajaj Auto ties up with Andhra Bank for loans
• Red herring prospectus for public issue filed —
  ICICI Bank clears exposure limit hurdle
  

MARKETS

• Sensex marking time
• SEBI Chief: STP to become mandatory by July

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• 27 killed as car bomb destroys hotel in Baghdad
• U.S. scrambles to keep military coalition intact

PEOPLE

• New Executive Director for SEBI
• Thorat is new Nabard MD
• CII Karnataka elects new chiefs
• Mescom gets new MD