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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
The stock markets have taken a plunge in May. Based on past patterns, what should we expect for the month of June? Here is a study of the historical behaviour of the markets over the past 20 years The stock markets have taken a beating during the month of May. The Sensex ended the month of May...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
A look at the multiplex operator’s performance over the past eight quarters indicates that its projected performance is impossible to achieve PVR Ltd has 136 screens currently and claims to have plans to add 120-150 screens over the next two years, which it hopes will boost its flagging net...

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After trying out every trick in the book, insurance agents are now coming up with misleading domain names that mimic LIC’s official website Insurance agents are trying to typo-squat to garner business. Typo-squatting is a form of cyber-squatting which relies on typographical errors made by...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
The short-term uptrend will possibly continue till 17,300 when the first test of this up-move happens The market was in the positive zone for the entire trading session on strong US housing data and Indian services sector data for May 2010. The Sensex ended at 17,022, up 280 points (1.6%) while...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Housing prices are again reaching for the skies; demand is stagnating. How much should prices fall for the market to be reasonably valued? When can that come about? Moneylife reporters and analysts offer some answers After a brief period of calm and serenity, following the crash in the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Punj Lloyd Ltd said it won a contract, worth Rs96 crore, from Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd. In a regulatory filing, the company said its scope of work includes installation of steel structure, equipment and piping on habshan-5 utilities & off-sites project in UAE. On...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, said it appointed Dr Penelope (Penny) Ward as its new president for clinical research and development (R&D) and chief medical officer. Dr Ward will be based at Glenmark’s Clinical R&D centre at Oxford in UK. She will oversee the entire clinical development...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Global alternative asset manager Carlyle Group has invested $22 million in private sector dairy company Tirumala Milk Products Pvt Ltd. The funds will be used for expanding its procurement network, processing capacity, entry into new markets and for the manufacture of new value added products.

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Real estate developer Omaxe Ltd said it launched ‘Naffhil Homes’, its first budget homes at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. To be constructed over an area of about 20 acres, this affordable housing project will be a part of around 1,535 acre ‘Omaxe Waterfront Hi-Tech City’ project, the company said...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
ITC-Welcomgroup on Thursday said it signed an exclusive agreement with Starwood Hotels and Resorts to bring Starwood's premium brand, 'Luxury Collection,' in India. Under the new franchise agreement, the seven hotels that will be part of the new brand, ITC-Luxury Collection, are ITC Maurya in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Dynamatic Technologies Ltd said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Karnataka for the setting up a manufacturing facility for the aerospace industry at the Aerospace Park near the International Airport in Bangalore. No financial details were provided.

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Index funds are merely supposed to mimic the returns provided by the underlying benchmark index such as the Sensex or the Nifty. Essentially, these funds are expected to follow the passive investing route, buying and holding stocks in the index in the same proportion as the index. However, many...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Index funds are merely supposed to mimic the returns provided by the underlying benchmark index such as the Sensex or the Nifty. Essentially, these funds are expected to follow the passive investing route, buying and holding stocks in the index in the same proportion as the index. However, many...

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In 2006-07, many global funds were launched. How have they done? Global markets have been beset with many problems in the past few weeks—Goldman Sachs’ alleged fraud, Greece’s debt troubles, Icelandic volcanoes, etc, and a trading error that hurtled the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more...

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Ravi Samalad 03 June 2010
Birla Sun Life has launched a new open-ended equity scheme christened ‘Birla Sun Life India Reforms Fund’ which aims to capitalise on the government’s long-term goal of liberalisation, including divestment of public sector undertakings (PSUs). The Fund seeks to focus on companies that are...

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Subrata Das 03 June 2010
Lower petroleum prices—following lower demand—hit gross refining margins of refineries. The standalone refineries were hit more Sales for all the integrated oil marketing companies and standalone refineries have been on the rise but operating profit was down in the March quarter thanks to...

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Supreme Industries has strong earnings and also real-estate assets to encash Even in a market that is supposed to be overvalued, there are smaller stocks that are undervalued for their level of growth. Supreme Industries is one such stock. Supreme operates in four segments—plastic pipes,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Subuthi Finance (Rs134) Subuthi Finance, incorporated in 1992, claims to provide a wide range of financial services. Business growth has been extremely poor and inconsistent over the past four quarters. In the September 2009 quarter, revenues were just Rs10 lakh and operating profit was...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2010
Savings bank accounts now provide higher effective interest. Even so, liquid funds may be a better option to park your short-term cash. A savings bank account is perceived by many investors as the safest option for parking cash, despite yielding a pitiable return. Lakhs of crores worth...

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In theory, investors can sue brokerages for wrongdoing, but the regulator’s caprice is stymying the system In just a few weeks of April and May this year, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has picked up some serious payments ranging from Rs5 lakh to Rs40 lakh from three...

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