COMPANIES

• Timken opens $12-m R&D unit in Bangalore
• Steel sector seeks cheaper ECBs to replace costly debt
• Zensar ties up with PeopleSoft for shared services
• Idea Cellular creates a Buzz
• TVSE declares dividend
• HCL Tech to pay 100 pc interim
• Top rating for Honeywell Tech
• Hanmer & Partners ties up with IAS in Dubai
• Hero Motors launches Sting
• Parryware launches taps and fittings
• Zodiac's summer '04 collection
• HLL's Breeze gets a relaunch
• Ranbaxy gets nod for hypertension drug

GENERAL

• Poll India: 2004
• Govt announces package for textile units
• BIS quality certificate for DGFT
• AEPC urges acceptance of EU offer
• IIM-C faculty moves HC on validity of board meeting
• `Enlarged EU will provide opportunity, challenge'

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Syndicate Bank and United India tie up
• SBI to expand global network
• Indian Bank net doubles
• Share Microfin declares dividend
  

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Nanotechnology and government strategies worldwide
• Cardio-vascular diseases to cost US $352bn
• PinPoint: Powerful tool for baggage and cargo security
• DAX-2408: Universal data acquisition system with automatic sensor recognition