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Pankaj Kapoor is the founder of Liases Foras, a real estate research firm. He tells Moneylife that property prices are bound to fall because they have again become unaffordable ML: What is your view on the increasing prices of residential properties? Do you feel that market sentiments have...

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Weak Asian cues and profit-booking by investors suppress market sentiments The Sensex gained 18 points from the previous day’s close, ending the day at 17,051 while the Nifty closed at 5,062; four points higher due to profit-booking by investors and weak Asian markets.  During the day IT stocks...

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The recent hike in coal prices have already spelt trouble for cement and power companies in India. Coal supply and coal prices are likely to suffer another massive blow, given new mining laws for coal in Indonesia. Indonesia, which is one the major suppliers of coal to India, now plans to cap...

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A declining market offers you a chance to invest in these five companies which are defying the slowdown and recording galloping sales and profits.An analysis by Debashis Basu and Pratibha Kamath Last year’s downturn squeezed the profits of a large number of companies, mainly in the...

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ITC has blown up Rs1,000 crore in FMCG business Over the past decade, ITC has been trying to de-emphasise its image of a tobacco company and present itself as a diversified conglomerate. Towards this end, it has merged the hotels business (ITC Hotels) and the paper business (ITC...

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Rising costs, competition and unprofitable distractions are taking the fizz out of the king of good times United Breweries (UB) is not exactly flying high these days, if the latest quarterly results are anything to go by. Performance was mixed at the two leading arms of the UB group—United...

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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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