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Amritha Pillay 25 December 2009
WorldSpace has declared that it will terminate its radio broadcast services to all Indian subscribers from 31 December 2009. Following its bankruptcy protection filing in October 2008, the satellite radio service provider has had to bid adieu to the subcontinent On New Year’s Eve, apart from...

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One of the key features of Moneylife has been to offer readers unbiased advice. Often, this has meant saying ‘no’ to aggressive launch coverage of new fund offers. Has this helped our readers? Let’s do a record check For an investor in stocks, shares or funds, it is not important just to make...

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Everest Industries is poised to ride the boom in India’s construction sector If India’s economic growth continues, there will be a steady demand for building products such as roofing and steel buildings. Everest Industries operates in these two business segments. Its building products...

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Swapnil Suvarna 25 December 2009
Foreigners are determined to push the market higher Positive comments on India’s economy and growth figures from India’s infrastructure sector boosted market sentiment. Foreigners too showed confidence in the Indian markets by investing a total of Rs1,476.36 crore on 23 December 2009 and 24...

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Swapnil Suvarna 24 December 2009
Positive growth figures from the infrastructure sector boosted market sentiment The Sensex was up 130 points from the previous day’s close, ending the day at 17,361, while the Nifty closed at 5,178, up 34 points. Markets will remain closed for four days in a row from Friday (25 December...

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The BSE Brokers Forum, which does not see any benefit to any market participant, stakeholder, institution or retail investor due to the move to advance market opening to 9am, plans to take up the issue with the prime minister Brokers from the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) plan to take up the...

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Swapnil Suvarna 24 December 2009
Hanung Toys has won an order worth Rs280 crore from the US. This indicates the strength of the American economic recovery Hanung Toys & Textiles Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer and exporter of soft toys, decorative cushions and children’s room furnishings has said that it has signed an...

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Jet Airways was eagerly waiting for the government's clearance to raise $400 million through the QIP route from foreign institutional investors to meet its cash flow requirements Jet Airways, the Naresh Goyal promoted airline, has finally got clearance from the Indian government to raise $400...

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Pallabika Ganguly 24 December 2009
‘UTV Action’, a new action movie channel will be on air from January 2010. It will replace UTV’s ‘Bindass Movies’ channel which airs movies dubbed into Hindi UTV Global Broadcasting is launching a new channel ‘UTV Action’, which will showcase fast-paced and high-octane Hollywood movies,...

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S&P has revised its rating outlook on Ballarpur Industries to ‘stable’ on the back of its operating performance, which is expected to continuously improve, according to the rating agency Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has said that it has revised its rating outlook on India's printing...

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Steve Jobs was paid his customary $1 annual salary in 2009 by Apple, the makers of iPhone, iPod and Mac computers. But his stake in the company is valued at $1.10 billion Apple Inc chief executive officer (CEO) Steve Jobs was paid his customary $1 annual salary in 2009, but Apple's strength...

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India was one of the top 10 nations in terms of billion-dollar transactions, as it attracted deals amounting to over $7.40 billion The Asia-Pacific region attracted as many as $89 billion-dollar deals—the highest total on record —worth over $292 billion so far this year, reports...

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India was one of the top 10 nations in terms of billion-dollar transactions, as it attracted deals amounting to over $7.40 billion The Asia-Pacific region attracted as many as $89 billion-dollar deals—the highest total on record —worth over $292 billion so far this year, reports...

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The FII investment of Rs80,500 crore in 2009 is the highest-ever inflow into the country in rupee terms in a single year, and comes a year after these investors pulled out over Rs50,000 crore from India After their flight last year, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) flocked back to bet...

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The FII investment of Rs80,500 crore in 2009 is the highest-ever inflow into the country in rupee terms in a single year, and comes a year after these investors pulled out over Rs50,000 crore from India After their flight last year, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) flocked back to bet...

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Consumers will have to spend more to buy essential food articles due to rising inflation and so they may postpone buying consumer products. Rising food prices are likely to affect sales of consumer products as consumers will have to spend more money on food articles, said analysts. "With...

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The global financial crisis that spilled over into its second year choked flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in 2009 The global financial crisis that spilled over into its second year choked flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in 2009, forcing the government to...

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Swapnil Suvarna 23 December 2009
Positive comments from the finance minister helped the Indian bourses to gain momentum Indian markets bounced back to positive trends on the back of positive comments from the finance minister on economic growth, along with strong global markets and high advance tax payment by India Inc. The...

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During 2009, a total of 93 funds reached a final close receiving commitments of $40.50 billion, while last year, 228 funds raised an aggregate $134.30 billion Funds raised by realty-focussed private equity (PE) firms declined significantly by 70% so far this year as investors exercised...

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The NSE and the BSE recently launched mutual fund trading platforms. However, after the initial euphoria, trading volumes on both the bourses are on a decline. The National Stock Exchange's (NSE) new platform for mutual fund trading has still not gathered volumes; in fact, there has been a...

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