COMPANIES

• DPC Games: GE and Bechtel move ahead
• Indian-founded US companies raise $470 million
• Foundry Networks aims to expand in India
• Peter England launches new range of suits and blazers

GENERAL

• Poll India: 2004
• Nasscom: IT growth will be 11 per cent
• ONGC: Gas reserves discovered in Tripura
• West Bengal: Global bids invited for Sagardighi power project

BANKING AND FINANCE

• CEO: Dhanalakshmi Bank head office to stay in Thrissur
• AIBCA demands reduction in bank interest rates
  

MARKETS

• Meeting on ONGC share allotment today
• Kotak Mahindra MF moots Fund of Funds

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Intel invests another $ 39 million in Shanghai
• New licensing pact for Sun and Microsoft

PEOPLE

• WWII: Nagasaki bomber's co-pilot dies
• Mittal's house most expensive in the world