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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2010
The SEBI board is scheduled to meet on 2nd February to discuss the alleged failure of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) to prevent the IPO scam during 2003-2005 Securities market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), is scheduled to hold a board meeting on 2...

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Sanket Dhanorkar 29 January 2010
Dr Vijay Kelkar, who also recently headed the 13th finance commission, agrees to become the non-executive chairman of the NSE The country’s largest stock exchange, the National Stock Exchange (NSE), is roping in big names into its management in a bid to maintain its stronghold over the Indian...

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Sanket Dhanorkar 28 January 2010
While consumer goods giant Hindustan Unilever continues to stumble, smaller rivals like Dabur and Godrej are maintaining their growth trajectory Despite its valiant restructuring and revamping efforts, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has been struggling to maintain a decent earnings growth. On the...

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Swapnil Suvarna 28 January 2010
Strong cues from the US Fed helped Indian and other Asian markets to remain positive Indian markets and other Asian markets reacted strongly towards the positive moves from the US Federal Reserve. The Fed renewed its pledge to keep rates near zero to promote economic recovery. However,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2010
While most stocks successfully rode piggyback on the market rally last year, some stocks actually fell. One of the reasons these stocks have failed to capture the upsurge in the market is their dubious antecedents.  From a low of 8,160 on 9 March 2009, the Sensex has surged over 100%, taking...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2010
While most stocks successfully rode piggyback on the market rally last year, some stocks actually fell. One of the reasons these stocks have failed to capture the upsurge in the market is their dubious antecedents.  From a low of 8,160 on 9 March 2009, the Sensex has surged over 100%, taking...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2010
With 100 centres under its belt, Kaya has penetrated the best of Indian urban locations. And yet, it is still making losses Marico’s experiment with services business is still not bearing fruit. Kaya clinic, its speciality skin-care business, again made losses in the December quarter. Marico...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2010
With the big-ticket acquisition of Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, Aptech has made a significant foray into the animation and multimedia education arena Information technology training and education major, Aptech Ltd, in which ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has a major stake, has...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2010
With the big-ticket acquisition of Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, Aptech has made a significant foray into the animation and multimedia education arena Information technology training and education major, Aptech Ltd, in which ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has a major stake, has...

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Amritha Pillay 28 January 2010
The company has submitted a fresh requirement for coal blocks to the government, but is still undecided over the Chhattisgarh block Binani Cement Ltd plans to invest around Rs52 million in coal blocks. However, the company has still has no plans for its existing coal block in...

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The next decade will be exactly like the last one—full of surprises that make a mockery of forecasters. How can you ensure that they do not make a mockery of your investments? Follow these simple investing principles and you will do far better than the so-called experts The Past Is the...

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The new governance code is so impractical that it cannot further the cause of good governance or protect investors “Birds do not build nests on a tree that does not bear fruits,” quotes corporate affairs minister, Salman Khurshid, from Chanakya’s Arthashastra to express his hope that...

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Swapnil Suvarna 27 January 2010
Fears of monetary tightening by the RBI, along with weak global cues, pulled down Indian markets Indian investors remained cautious ahead of the quarterly Reserve Bank of India (RBI) monetary policy review on 29 January 2010. It is widely expected that the RBI is set to increase the cash...

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Pallabika Ganguly 27 January 2010
Real-estate construction stuck up under the Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act since 2006 has now got a green signal from the Supreme Court, but further development will be possible only after a nod from the ministry of environment and forests The Supreme Court of India has given a...

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Amritha Pillay 27 January 2010
Binani Cement Ltd has admitted that it has faced heavy pressure on cement price realisation and high input costs. However, the company has reported a modest growth in net sales Binani Cement Ltd has admitted to pressure on price realisation for cement due to over capacity, low demand from the...

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Amritha Pillay 27 January 2010
Binani Cement Ltd has admitted that it has faced heavy pressure on cement price realisation and high input costs. However, the company has reported a modest growth in net sales Binani Cement Ltd has admitted to pressure on price realisation for cement due to over capacity, low demand from the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 January 2010
Consolidated marketing & distribution costs down by 50%, but other expenditure rises 41% There is a widespread belief that if the stock market does well over a prolonged period, TV18’s revenues would rise sharply. The assumption is that CNBC TV18’s extensive market coverage is bound to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 January 2010
Consolidated marketing & distribution costs down by 50%, but other expenditure rises 41% There is a widespread belief that if the stock market does well over a prolonged period, TV18’s revenues would rise sharply. The assumption is that CNBC TV18’s extensive market coverage is bound to...

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R Balakrishnan on saving  and   investing prudently 27 January 2010
Getting a refund from any service provider can be a hellish experience. Companies seem to think that it is no longer your money Finance companies go all out to make you part with your money. They will come to your place, accept minor inadequacies in your application, and not worry much about...

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Swapnil Suvarna 25 January 2010
Weak global cues continued to weigh on Indian market sentiments Indian markets continued to slide downwards on the back of weak global cues. However, the market bounced back from the day’s low (16,706) to make a high of 16,878, which it failed to sustain. At the end of the day, the Sensex...

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