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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2010
The Union government has allowed imports of duty-free sugar till 31st December due to rising prices of the commodity The Indian government on Wednesday allowed import of refined sugar at zero duty up to 31st December in the wake of prices nearing Rs50 per kg in the retail market, reports...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2010
Mutual fund volumes on NSE and BSE are yet to catch up, as only 792 combined orders worth Rs10 crore were recorded between 8 December 2009 and 12 January 2010 Online trading volumes of mutual funds (MFs) continue to remain bleak if the numbers are anything to go by. According to the data...

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Despite the hype surrounding mobile stock trading, especially in the US, Gartner has said that most on-the-go trading is more likely to take place in semi-mobile situations in notebooks and netbooks, instead of mobile handsets  International research company Gartner Inc said that despite the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2010
The Indian government should establish dedicated defence-specific SEZs, apart from providing a tax-equalisation subsidy, as the fiscal regime plays a critical role in defence market growth, says a study The Indian government should establish a dedicated defence-specific Special Economic Zone...

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Professor Robert Shiller's cyclically adjusted PE ratio shows, that US stocks are now more than 30% overvalued. That's more reasonable than the 100%+ overvaluation in 2000, but it's closing in on the level of the three other bubble peaks of the 20th Century: 1901, 1929, and 1966. Read...

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Charles Biderman, TrimTabs Chief executive in his crusade against the US government's official states that the private demand, from companies, investors, hedge funds, and pensions just isn't there and the government must step in. Read Article...  

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The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America will be released at midnight on each Sunday based on performance during the previous week. The ratings will be decided as per the company’s earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2010
The Union government will provide final clearance for Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Orissa only if there is no violation of the Forest Conservation Act The Indian government on Wednesday said that the Vedanta Group’s bauxite mining project in Orissa would be given a final clearance only...

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Amritha Pillay 13 January 2010
Those cement companies which trade their excess captive power and are planning merchant power plants will be able to manage the industry cycle better, say analysts Cement companies that have forayed into merchant power trading are expected to manage the cyclical downturn in the industry in a...

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Ravi Samalad 13 January 2010
In an increasing war for shelf space, FMCG marketers in India are considering out-of-the-box packaging solutions to attract customers and to differentiate their products Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturers in India are trying to innovate their product packaging in order to make...

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Seven rules to ensure that your broker doesn’t give you a raw deal In the past fortnight, I received emails from four desperate individuals. Each of their stories had a common theme: that money had simply vanished from their brokerage accounts and they were left with hefty liabilities....

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Debashis Basu on where the stock market is headed 13 January 2010
The market is struggling to find a path between growth and value There is a French proverb that says: reculer, pour mieux sauter. It means step back for jumping farther. Is the market in that mode for the short term? In our previous issue, I had said the huge rally that we saw on 23 December...

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Veeresh Malik on tales from the auto sector 13 January 2010
The key trends to look out for. Plus, why big car-makers are desperate to push small cars Less than 10 years ago, the very idea of mobile phones spreading across social and economic divides was unthinkable, especially in developing and third-world countries. Of what possible earthly use could...

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R Balakrishnan on saving  and   investing prudently 13 January 2010
Over the next decade, the state of our infrastructure and our political system may ensure that life does not get any better “By 2020, the people of India will be more numerous, better educated, healthier and more prosperous than at any time in our long history.” This ‘forecast’ is from a...

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BV Rao on what’s going on in the Dilli Durbar 13 January 2010
This last Parliament session, there was consternation in the Houses about MPs playing truant. Most MPs who gave in written questions were not present in the House during question hour. As per rules of both Houses, if a member who had raised the question is not present, then that question is...

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The Internet search engine giant has said that the censorship and increasing cyber attacks on its sites from China may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially its offices in China Internet search engine giant Google has said it has decided that it is no longer willing to...

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Sanket Dhanorkar  and   Ravi Samalad 12 January 2010
SGX Nifty Futures volumes have been falling even before the NSE extended its trading hours. So the latest move by the Singapore exchange to extend its trading session may not impact NSE Nifty volumes at all. Following the National Stock Exchange's (NSE) extension of trading hours, the...

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Moneylife Research Desk 12 January 2010
A new Moneylife study has identified consumer durables as the cheapest among 49 sectors A new Moneylife study of 49 sectors covering 1,252 stocks has identified consumer durables, cement, paper & paper products, plastics and packaging as the top five sectors that are attractively valued,...

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Pallabika Ganguly 12 January 2010
Bollywood production house Yash Raj Films, travel operator SOTC and Brandinvest will promote Swiss destinations through special film tourism packages Innovation is the name of the game for both television and cinema marketing. Taking the trend forward, Hindi film producer Yash Raj Films (YRF)...

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Swapnil Suvarna 12 January 2010
Indian markets may continue to slump due to fears over possible monetary policy tightening by the central bank Indian markets opened up higher on reports of better-than-expected December 2009 quarter results by Infosys Technologies, announced before trading started. At 12.00 hrs IST, the...

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