COMPANIES

• Lancers now carry a 3-year warranty

• Tata Motors launches a range of vehicles for South Africa

• UTVs Screwvala consolidates holding

• Vishakhapatnam Steel to go for capacity expansion

• Heritage Foods turnover and net profit up

• KnowledgeWorks opens second BPO unit

• VSNL International to be Singapore based

• Fortune Informatics product for Kuwait bank

• Astron BPO to double strength in a year

• Gaitonde shoes no longer from exclusive showrooms
  

GENERAL

• Election Commission stays Rajya Sabha poll results in U.P.
• National Foreign Trade Policy on the anvil
• Exports up: Trade deficit widens
• Heavy Industries panel to look at revival of PSUs
• IIM-B also opts for old fee structure
• Call for increased focus on agricultural sector
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee at seven month low
• Exim Bank appoints managers for its Euro bonds
• Indian Bank to raise Rs 300 crore tier-II capital
• Single premium scheme from Om Kotak Mahindra
• New BoB product for business customers
  

MARKETS

• Markets: Tilting at windmills
• NTPC files draft prospectus for IPO
• FTSE includes 13 cos in India indices

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Indo-Thai FTA talks soon

PEOPLE

• Satyam names top brass for BPO subsidiary