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Unless the governments, both at the Centre and State level, take these issues seriously and implement a uniform approach and policy over coal mines, we will continue to be in a mess   Only a couple of weeks ago, the Supreme Court declared that all the 218 coal blocks allotted were...

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Insurers seem to be offering insurance to NRIs on a case-by-case basis, but for PIOs and OCIs it's a different story   A member of Moneylife Smart Saver Network (MSSN), Rakesh Pitale (name changed) recently wrote to us saying “I need help with term life insurance for Rs1 crore for a...

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Theory of Social Virality. Why certain ideas spread quickly   Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point came out in 2000. The book attempted to explain how social epidemics are spread by a small number of special people, who he calls mavens, connectors and salesmen. It was an instant hit....

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Coal Express must be given priority in the use of railway tracks. First, let us get the goods moving; pooling of price can be settled later!    Coal inventory in most of the thermal power plants are running critically low with stocks that may not even last for a week. Some plants are...

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Between 5th and 8 July 2014, over 11,100 files were destroyed without following any mandatory procedure on directions from the Prime Minister, reveals RTI reply   As most of us are aware, the Government of India has stringent rules for maintaining official files as well as for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 September 2014
Even though the aggregate sales of small-caps on Moneylife’s database declined, the market valuation of these stocks have shot up by over 65%    Companies classified by Moneylife as small-cap (market-cap between Rs100 crore and Rs500 crore) reported a decline in their revenues for the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 September 2014
Moneylife Foundation has been selected for the prestigious M R Pai Award. The Award named so in memory of M R Pai, the man who successfully fought innumerable battles for consumers long before consumer courts were set up in India   Moneylife Foundation has been nominated for the 10th...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 September 2014
Good quarterly results and a buyback in early 2014 have boosted the stock in the recent past   Indo Borax is synonymous with boric acid and is referred to as the industry standard. Indo Borax operates a most modern boric acid and borax plant at Pithampur (Madhya Pradesh). It is...

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N Madhavan 04 September 2014
Amcha Ghar has successfully completed 18 years of providing a home for poor girls and providing them access to English education   In the 1990s, Agatha Susheela Dias and Anthony Dias were engaged in social work in Mumbai. In 1995, they rescued a sexually exploited girl from the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 September 2014
For a company with a revenue of Rs10 crore and negligible profits, Pearl Agriculture Limited has a mind-boggling market cap of Rs1011 crore   Pearl Agriculture Ltd (PAL) was incorporated in October 2012 through a demerger of the agriculture division of Nouveau Global Ventures...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 04 September 2014
After some bad publicity, Hudson, New York-based Union Street Guest House says its 'stated policy to punish people for negative reviews made online' was a joke   Welcome to the second installment of our continuing feature, Terms of Surrender, which shines a light on a sometimes dark...

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has stated in the Parliament that if Australia is prepared to supply uranium to Russia, then surely it ought to be prepared to provide uranium to India under suitable safeguards   Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, accompanied by his Trade Minister,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 September 2014
With the market shooting up vertically to all-time highs, is it time to be fearful that a top has been made? Not, by a very important valuation metric    The S&P BSE Sensex and the NSE CNX Nifty are currently trading at their all-time highs. The Sensex has breached the psychological...

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Linus Pauling is the only person to have won more than two Nobel Prizes in different fields. For some reason, Linus started taking very large doses of vitamin C and wrote a bestseller in 1970 on Common cold, vitamin C and ‘Flu. Even today, people buy and swallow vitamins, while wisdom...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 03 September 2014
Borrowers should be wary of so-called promised interest rates when shopping for a mortgage or loan   Mortgages are enough of a headache without unscrupulous lenders who lock you in with costly upfront fees for interest rates that they can’t — nor even intend to —...

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With a reduction in the waiting period for PEDs and a reduction in the senior citizen's co-pay, Max Bupa has improved 'Heatbeat'    Max Bupa has launched the new version of Heartbeat with flexibility in sum insured for individuals and families ranging from Rs2 lakh to Rs1 crore,...

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Click2Protect Plus is an enhanced version of the flagship HDFC online term plan   HDFC Life launched Click2Protect Plus, a traditional, non-participating term insurance plan. The plan is an extension of HDFC Life’s flagship online term plan Click2Protect and comes with additional...

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ICICI Prudential's iProtect Term Plan is a better option than iCare II   ICICI Pru has bought back its popular iProtect online term plan. In the past couple of years, iCare was the main focus for the insurer in online term plan offerings. iCare does not require any medical tests and,...

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Terence McGinley (special to ProPublica) 03 September 2014
Barry Kamins, a senior New York judge under investigation for ethical misconduct, is back on the bench while his case is handled in secret    The hall is cavernous on the fourth floor of the Queens Supreme Court building. Whispers feel magnified as they echo amid the marble floors and...

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During FY14, Indo-Japanese bilateral trade stood at $16.29 billion or barely 1% of trade of Japan or about 2.13% of Indian trade. The new developments, which are now taking place, would push these figures to a higher plane   After his spiritual visit to the heritage city and the...

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