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Dish TV continues to lose money; now ARPU declines Dish TV’s revenues for the September quarter have inched up 4.3% over the year-ago period. Losses were a bit lower, aided by conscious cost-cutting including paring its advertising and commission cost. The company posted a net loss of Rs56.10...

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TV18 blames the Union Budget for poor second-quarter performance! Elections are the most coveted event for TV news channels and Union Budgets are what TV business channels look forward to. Their viewership shoots up on those occasions; it’s small wonder that TV channels heavily advertise...

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NSE has its way on extending trading hours. But who really benefits? The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed the Indian stock exchanges to extend trading hours from 9am to 5pm. This may put stress on human resources and infrastructure of broking firms and mutual funds....

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SEBI committee order continues to remain hidden from the public. But for how long? A petitioner from Mumbai, Girish Mittal, had taken recourse to the Right to Information (RTI) Act last April asking for disclosure of the order by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on National...

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ML: Now that the economy is showing signs of revival, Dr Manmohan Singh has indicated that he may look at withdrawing stimulus measures. Where do you see the economy going forward? RVS: We should surely see a growth of more than 6-6.25%. The challenge is whether we can continue in this manner....

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RBI has increased the provisioning for real estate loans to 1% from the earlier 0.4%. This will put a brake on bank funding of real estate The just-released credit policy of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the provisioning for real estate loans to 1% from the earlier 0.4%....

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Pankaj Kapoor, founder of Liases Foras, a real estate research firm, tells Pallabika Ganguly of Moneylife that real estate has become unaffordable again Moneylife: What is your view on the increasing prices of residential properties? Do you feel the market sentiment has improved? Pankaj...

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Taurus Mutual Fund has filed the prospectus for Taurus Nifty Index Fund with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for approval. It is an open-ended, index-linked equity scheme. This Fund too, like other index funds, would mainly replicate S&P CNX Nifty Index by investing in stocks of the...

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SHCIL has declared an unprecedented dividend of 900%. What is the reason behind this lavish payout? Stock Holding Corp of India Ltd (SHCIL) has announced a staggering cash dividend of 900%. According to informed sources, this entire dividend is the amount SHCIL earned by selling its 2% stake...

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There is no relation between consumption and stock prices as a new fund from Tata Mutual Fund seems to assume Tata Mutual Fund has filed an offer document titled “Tata Consumption Opportunities Fund” with the regulator. The Fund, an open-ended scheme, would invest in companies which are into...

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Chemicals companies don’t have much of a competitive edge. Their fortunes go up and down with business cycles and input prices. When the cycle is in their favour, they make huge profits. Vinati Organics manufactures isobutyl benzene (IBB) (the prime raw material for the manufacture of ibuprofen,...

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Hawkins, like TTK Prestige, is finally reaping the benefits of branding consumer products of daily use for a large Indian population Hawkins has emerged as a household name in India for its quality products in the cookware segment, especially pressure-cookers, in more than 50 years of...

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Swapnil Suvarna 16 November 2009
Baltic Exchange’s sea freight index, Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is rising again but not the stock prices of Indian shipping companies Since hitting a low of 2,175 on September 2009, the Baltic Dry Index has shot up 89% closing the day on 13 November 2009 at 4,111. During the same period ABG...

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Swapnil Suvarna 16 November 2009
Baltic Exchange’s sea freight index, Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is rising again but not the stock prices of Indian shipping companies Since hitting a low of 2,175 on September 2009, the Baltic Dry Index has shot up 89% closing the day on 13 November 2009 at 4,111. During the same period ABG...

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Where is the market headed? The relentless rally we are witnessing will soon lead to an extreme situation. Debashis Basu explains Starting from a scenario of a deep gloom and scepticism, the Sensex has posted a spectacular gain of 123% from its March 2009 low of 8,047 and charged past the...

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The asset management companies (AMCs) of mutual funds make money, irrespective of whether or not their unit-holders do. Last year, most mutual funds did quite badly. Not so the AMCs. Most of them had a great year. This is the issue. If, as a unit-holder, you wanted to know how much money the...

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  ML: What is your view on the increasing prices of residential properties? Do you feel that market sentiments have improved? PK: From November onwards you will again see a drop in price of properties by 15%-20% as the developers have lot of inventories and on top of that they are increasing...

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  ML: What is your view on the increasing prices of residential properties? Do you feel that market sentiments have improved? PK: From November onwards you will again see a drop in price of properties by 15%-20% as the developers have lot of inventories and on top of that they are increasing...

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Company officials claim that redemption payment will be done in three to four days, while investors fear that the funds will come in only after 30 days The Osian Art Fund, which was to see closure on the 10th of this month, has now triggered a nasty debate between the investors and Osian...

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What were the DSQ Software and Rajnarayan case all about? Sucheta Dalal looks at the two surprise orders revealed by the SEBI board. For over a year now, the media has been writing about how the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has suppressed an order of a two-member bench,...

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