COMPANIES

• Hyderabad is sixth hub for Blue Dart
• Wockhardt to begin trials on new anti-infective
• BEML into JV with Tatra
• The billion dollar club: Murugappas join up
• GM to introduce new Chevrolet models
• R-World to provide exam results
• Tata Elxsi net profits jump 50 per cent
• Jataayu looks at the African market
• HLL launches oil-control gel

GENERAL

• Poll India: 2004
• USTR: India on priority watch list

BANKING AND FINANCE

• AIBOC seeks better terms on pay revision
• I-Sec net up 52 per cent
• United Bank drops rates for educational loans

MARKETS

• Sensex recoups losses on all-round buying
• SEBI to scale up infrastructure
• AMFI to work on capital-guaranteed products

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Air France takes over KLM
• Monoclonal antibody to block HIV infection
• IBM eServer i5 Systems with POWER5

PEOPLE

• BT Global appoints country manager
• New HYSEA president