COMPANIES

• Shrenuj to pay 25 per cent

• Pragati Offset bags four golds

• P&O Travel India Ltd. is now a GE Shipping subsidiary

• Vedanta targets $6 billion turnover

• Premier Explosives to pay out 12 per cent

• Lucent to support Tata Tele network expansion in AP

• Pepsico to launch new nectars soon

• Tommy Hilfiger watches launched by Titan

• TVS rolls out Victor GLX
  

GENERAL

• Exim policy will focus on job creation
• FICCI: 'South — south' a window of opportunity
• Assocham: Raise I-T exemption limit to Rs 1 lakh
• IIM-Calcutta sticks to old fee structure
• Yashoda installs Dynamic IMRT to fight cancer
• NHPC net up 22 per cent
• States agree to implement VAT from April `05
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Sharp plunge for Rupee
• RBI: Ad hoc committees to get more time
• Canara Bank ties up with Western Union
• Cosmos Co-op Bank profits up 125 per cent
• Federal Bank to accept premiums for ICICI Prudential
  

MARKETS

• Markets down but register higher turnovers
• SEBI orders Information Tech to transfer records
• Consumer forum urges transfer of IE&PF to SEBI

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• UK and India to boost bilateral trade
• US Senate approves Greenspan as Fed chief