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Moneylife Digital Team 01 February 2010
The market fell in January. Based on past patterns, what should we expect? Here is a study of the historical behaviour of the markets over the past 25 years The year has not at all begun well for the stock markets. The Sensex ended the month of January with a 6% decline over December of last...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 February 2010
The market fell in January. Based on past patterns, what should we expect? Here is a study of the historical behaviour of the markets over the past 25 years The year has not at all begun well for the stock markets. The Sensex ended the month of January with a 6% decline over December of last...

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Swapnil Suvarna 30 January 2010
Expect a minor rally in the early part of the week and then another decline Last week we had said that the Sensex has support at 16,600. If this support is breached, we may see another round of sell-off, all the way down to 15,500. Indian markets were under massive selling pressure throughout...

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Swapnil Suvarna 29 January 2010
Indian bourses gained momentum as the RBI kept interest rates unchanged at its quarterly monetary policy review Indian markets finally heaved a sigh of relief after massive selling by traders as the central bank kept key interest rates unchanged at the quarterly policy review. At the end of...

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Pallabika Ganguly 29 January 2010
The supply of high-value flats in the city will outstrip demand from March. At present, there is an approximate supply of a million sq ft for the top-end residential market in the metropolis High-value flats, starting with a price tag of Rs5 crore (for a luxurious two, three or four bedroom,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2010
With a view to achieve generation capacity of 75,000MW by 2017, NTPC has undertaken 17 projects across the country State-run utility NTPC has undertaken 17 projects across the country for capacity addition of 17,930MW of power in the roadmap to achieve 75,000MW generation capacity by 2017, a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2010
Telecom firms will have to wait longer before they can roll out 3G services as the government has yet again postponed the spectrum auction In a surprise move, the government has postponed to the next fiscal the auction of spectrum for 3G telephony which was expected to bring in Rs35,000 crore...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2010
Telecom firms will have to wait longer before they can roll out 3G services as the government has yet again postponed the spectrum auction In a surprise move, the government has postponed to the next fiscal the auction of spectrum for 3G telephony which was expected to bring in Rs35,000 crore...

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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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