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“Earnings will be good and therefore stocks will go up”. The market trashes this kind of facile short-term punditry of media and brokers time and again. But few investors seem to be bothered For weeks before the earnings’ season began, the entire media, especially the television media, has been...

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When foodies masquerading as editors (including your correspondent) start showing off their taste for sliced truffles and other hideously expensive culinary tidbits in their columns, hit back with a dictionary. Ask the mycophagous fellows where they get their Rabasse de Provence. Now any...

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Banks, policy makers and companies have increasingly understood that rural India is the place from where the next growth impulse will come from. The government is allocating huge amounts of money for various rural schemes; Reliance, Bharti and ITC are focused on creating profitable linkages with...

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Some do-gooders may end up undermining the Right to Information Act, finds Sucheta Dalal MoneyLIFE started this section by pointing out how the Right to Information (RTI) Act has been one of “the most empowering tools handed to socially-conscious Indians in over half a century since...

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Benefit from capitalism can emerge only from collaborative efforts, each for the good of all, suggests Shreedhar Kanetkar Do companies exist solely to make profits for their shareholders? Or do they owe something to the society? Think before you answer, for the facts may surprise you - and a...

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It’s time we confronted one of the neglected facts of fitness life: one could blather on about push-ups and squats till the cows come home. But the fact remains that hardly anybody finds exercise exciting. We know that many of you folks are likely to burrow deeper into your blankets at the very...

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Living room forms the hub of the home. How to make the best use of it? Namrata Asudani shows you how In the modern household, the living room forms the hub of the home. Multiple activities take place here - the family may use it to relax, to dine, to entertain and even as a guestroom, playspace...

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Only if you are in a mood for high risk and high reward, hold onto these two IPOs Entertainment Network India Ltd (ENIL), which operates the brand Radio Mirchi made an IPO earlier this year to invest a lot of the money (about Rs 40 crores) into its subsidiary, Times Innovative Media Private...

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Global markets rallied in early July in a major way after it seemed that the US Federal Reserve was going to stop raising interest rates. The Fed has gone from raising short-term rates from 1% to 5.25% over the last two years. If it indeed pauses now, will be it very bullish for all asset...

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An alert consumer has to train herself to spot advertisements that make false claims with great pizzazz, or hawk products that are downright harmful, warns Sucheta Dalal A week ago, India’s advertising industry celebrated its rich haul of a dozen Lions, the most prestigious international...

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In his book (Code Name God - The Spiritual Odyssey of a Man of Science; Penguin Books; Pages 222; Rs. 150), the US-based scientist Mani Bhaumik, one of the pioneers of the excimer laser, which made cornea-sculpting surgery possible, writes poignantly about his high-octane ‘mud-to-marble’ story in...

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Sucheta Dalal on Dignity Foundation’s stellar work among senior citizens Sometime in the early 1990s, when I was at the Times of India, Mumbai, I used to hear an animated discussion in the next cubicle about plans for the first ever magazine for senior citizens between my colleague Vithal...

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Issuers are not supposed to talk of their plans before the IPOs. Will it make a difference? Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) wants to gag companies planning to raise money through public issues. They will not be allowed to discuss information that is likely to hint about the future...

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If you have an eye for detail, analytical bent of mind and an inquisitive nose, the career of a detective is for you, says Gaver Chatterjee When Chief Superintendent Donald Hackett, ace detective in Jefferey Archer’s well-loved short-story “Trial and Error” said, while keeping a watch on a...

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It could well be, if you go by the widespread pessimism among institutional investors. The Merrill Lynch survey of 213 global institutional investors is excessively gloomy. Some 60% of them see the global economy weakening. It happens to be the most negative reading in the survey’s history. As...

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ML Research Desk 03 August 2006
Introducing ML sectoral indices from the MoneyLIFE sample of companies With this issue, we introduce our proprietary sectoral indices that capture the performance of the various sectors that we track, on a three-month rolling return basis. Our database is spread across 49 broad sectors, which...

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MoneyLIFE is a really fine magazine. Excellent content and very well presented. You have been able to keep the high standard through all the issues. This is not easy. I am sure you will be able to keep it up. Just two suggestions - Moneylife should keep to the niche (of money matters)...

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It has been a deadly fortnight for Mumbai - India’s commercial capital. First incessant rains threw the city out of gear for five days, exposing fake claims of preparedness by the municipal corporation and government. Mumbai was angry, especially when the Chief Minister played down the...

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The tax department is out to harass senior citizens. Here are some solutions to fight back A couple of weeks ago, a Mumbai daily published a depressing article by Gool Bhujwala, a senior citizen who pleaded with the government to legalise euthanasia because life had become extremely difficult...

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While setting goals, balance between your dreams, strengths and qualities and what you think are reliable milestones We tend to often hurt ourselves by not accepting who we are. Feelings of inadequacy and tentativeness about whether our chosen path is 'correct', plague us at various points in...

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