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Inside Companies & Sectors Moneylife Digital Exclusives Sanket Dhanorkar Regulator acts like an industry association; IRDA promotes ULIPs! The insurance regulator has launched an unprecedented advertising campaign, hard-selling ULIPs. Not only is this a bizarre action for a regulator, but the ad is also misleading as it fails to provide any concrete evidence of ULIPs’ superior performance Bank harassment driving SSI units to sickness Infinity Metals, an export-oriented SSI unit, has been struggling to keep itself afloat after its bank systematically abused the SARFAESI Act and harassed it into near-bankruptcy. Denied justice by the ombudsman, the troubled unit is now left gasping for breath A consumer welfare fund to appropriate people’s money A fresh exercise that completely ignores the fact that large sums of money belonging to individuals, traders and businesses are appropriated by the government and remain impounded with it because of slow, corrupt and inefficient processes Cement prices may come under pressure from April While cement prices have been on the upside over the past few months, analysts suggest that they will start falling from next month with the recently added capacities by various players boosting utilisation levels Service tax on film industry might be rolled back The I&B minister has said that she will try to roll back the service tax proposed in the Budget on the film industry, which amounts to double taxation Stake sale row adds fuel to Maharashtra Scooters’ run In the ongoing tussle between stakeholders Bajaj Auto and WMDC, the recent HC ruling against Bajaj Auto has given the shares of Maharashtra Scooters a big boost Manappuram declares 1:1 bonus, goes for stock split A shareholder with one share of Rs10 will end up with 10 equity shares of Rs2 each Morgan Stanley India appoints PJ Nayak as new country head Morgan Stanley has appointed the former Axis Bank chief as its new country head and chief executive for India UFO Moviez to telecast IPL semi-finals, final in 3D across 700 screens The company is planning to screen the crucial stages of the cricket tournament live in 3D across fifty theatres UTV Motion Pictures to produce films in south Indian languages UMP is planning to produce around five films for south Indian audiences over the next three years Inside Companies & Sectors More ML Digital Exclusives Moneylife Digital Team Cash-strapped TV18 bails out Infomedia’s rights issue The just-concluded Infomedia18 rights issue was undersubscribed, requiring promoters TV18 to pump in up to Rs12 crore of the unsubscribed portion of the issue, even as TV18 is haemorrhaging cash Pallabika Ganguly After affordable homes, K Raheja plans low-cost villas K Raheja Corp is planning to launch low-cost villas in Hyderabad, Pune and Goa for around Rs45 lakh-Rs65 lakh Pallabika Ganguly Provogue to enter FMCG market; will tie up with JL Morison Provogue India is signing a joint venture deal with FMCG distributor JL Morison for the distribution of its body-care products Amritha Pillay Domestic tankers, coastal trade to benefit from new cabotage policy If the proposed cabotage policy to bar foreign flagships in Indian costal trade is implemented, it will help the indian tanker segment Pallabika Ganguly Spirituality for the masses, now wrapped in print The Times of India will soon launch a weekly newspaper based on ‘The Speaking Tree’, a spiritual column which is now published in the inside pages of the newspaper Yogesh Sapkale with Ravi Samalad Bhuruka Gases calls for EGM to buy back equity Minority shareholders of BGL are crying foul over the move. Next year, the company is planning to go for overseas trading operations in coal and bio-diesel, which could yield huge profits Amritha Pillay Land incentives may make road projects attractive The road transport ministry is mulling over a proposal to allot land tracts alongside road projects to make these constructions economically viable TeleCanor’s private investor cries foul Wealthy private investor Hemant Gupta alleges misuse of his funds by TeleCanor Global; the company on its part claims malicious propaganda is being spread by Mr Gupta to manipulate its stock price JSW Energy plans to ramp up capacity Power company JSW Energy plans to increase its power capacity up to 11,390MW by 2016. However, officials from the company agree that the risk factor involved in coal imports needs to be addressed Indian textile exporters target fresh markets India—the world’s fifth largest textiles exporter—has been forced to shift its focus to newer markets from traditional markets like the US and EU, due to tougher competition and withdrawal of incentives from the government March 2010 target for road development unlikely to be met Major companies in build-operate-transfer (BOT) road projects believe the March 2010 target could be difficult to meet and the sector could be plagued by problems like late bidding for projects and hitches in land acquisition Office rents are falling in Tier I cities Office rents in Tier I cities, like Mumbai and New Delhi, are falling with higher supply and lower demand for office space Smart grids could open up prospects for various sectors Setting up of the smart grid system would prove beneficial for industries like IT and the renewable energy sector along with power utilities, metering and power equipment providers Pipeline to Profits Indian pipeline manufacturers are benefiting from large-scale US gas pipeline expansion The Indian pharmaceutical saga: Strong on generics, weak in R&D Despite an investment of $3 billion in R&D, the Indian pharmaceutical industry has been unable to come out with a single new drug This is the age of 'compact' vehicles With Tata Nano starting a new segment of compact cars in India, the 'compact' bug now seems to have bit other segments as well IOL Netcom in dire straits, claim employees Disgruntled employees allege IOL Netcom has been withholding salaries since January 2009, allegedly due to cash problems. Natural gas production to double in four months Increasing number of wells in KG basin will generate 82 million cubic metres of gas per day Inside Companies & Sectors Recent ML Digital Exclusives 
'Coal supply shortage will not affect power projects'GMR group unit GMR Energy is investing around Rs18,000 crore over the next three years to add 
‘India is getting back to speed. We had merely taken our foot off the accelerator’K V Kamath, Chairman, ICICI Bank, says that the India growth story is still intact, despite the 
‘Industrial recovery was stronger than expected’Moneylife presents the second part in a three-part series of the interview with Vetri Subramaniam, 
Unseasonal rain turns spoilsport for wineries in MaharashtraIndian winemakers and grape growers in Maharashtra may gnash their teeth, but there is little they 
Higher sugar prices impact food products industryThe food products industry is still reeling under higher commodity prices, especially those of 
Who played spoilsport in the Bharti-MTN deal?The much hyped Bharti Airtel-MTN merger deal has been called off, thanks to the flip-flop attitude 
‘We will match industry growth’Ramesh Chandak, MD and CEO, KEC International Ltd, talks to Yogesh Sapkale on his 
“The new generation of wealthy are the ones open to using wealth-management services”European banking and financial group BNP Paribas’ Indian unit BNP Paribas Wealth Management 
'For India, things are looking bright'Chanda Kochhar, CEO of ICICI Bank, is bullish for the right reasons 
3 Winning Sectors Now and the Right Stocks to BuyThe Indian economy is limping back to recovery. We have identified three sectors—some key Inside Companies & Sectors Moneylife Articles
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 Reduced NFO period for MFs may limit market penetration, saySEBI’s new idea to limit the timeframe for NFOs to 15 days will create even greater problems for the fund industry. But most importantly, it will undermine SEBI’s own  UTV Motion Pictures to produce films in south IndianUMP is planning to produce around five films for south Indian audiences over the next three years  The Swiss banking trail hits the marketAn MP from UP has alleged that the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group had diverted funds raised through External Commercial Borrowings and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds into stock  Coal regulatory authority: When will it see the light of day?For almost three years, there has been a lot of talk on the setting up of a coal regulatory authority. So why is the government still dragging its feet?  Persistent’s IPO valuation looks attractiveThe company’s EPS is expected to be Rs25 in FY10 with price-earnings of 11.92; its peers are currently trading at a P/E between a range of 10.99-15.97
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