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Piramal Health pays Rs 3,700 cr for 5.5% more in Vodafone India

The cash-rich Piramal Healthcare has agreed to pick up an additional 5.5 per cent equity in Vodafone India Limited from ETHL Communications Holdings Limited, for a cash consideration of about Rs 3... »

Sahara quits as Team India sponsor, pulls out of IPL

A file photo of a Sahara BCCI Corporate Trophy match. Severing all ties with the game of cricket after being “let down” by the BCCI, the Subroto Roy-owned Sahara Group has decided to pull out as sponsors, both for Team India and the IPL league matche... »

Jadeja hits it big in closelyfought IPL 5 auction

At the IPL-5 player auction in Bangalore on Saturday: Messrs Kiran G, Venky Mysore, Rajiv Shukla (IPL Chairman), Gurunath Meyappan and Sundar Raman. — K. Bhagya Prakash The eight franchisees at the auction for Indian Premier League Season 5 went about their business of bidding with a sense of optimism, despite the twin setbacks the game had on Saturday morning. »
Economy
The Home Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, was given a clean
chit by the Special Court.

2G: Court dismisses Swamy's plea against Chidambaram

In a major relief to the UPA Government at the Centre, a Special Court on Saturday »
Investment World

Investment Focus - Ashoka Buildcon: Buy

Road developer Ashoka Buildcon is a good bet for investors with a long-term perspective. »
Market Watch

Index Outlook: Market strides forward

  The week started on a wobbly note with the miscreant ‘negative global cues' creeping out yet again on Monday to yank stocks lower. The Sensex closed 370 points lower and th... »
Columns

Palm oil may test resistance, fall

Malaysian palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives exchange ended higher on Friday, reversing earlier losses caused by a strong ringgit that will result in lower realisation for refiners. Sl... »

But Cognizant of other responsibilities

Mr Lakshmi Narayanan The first thing that strikes me about Cognizant's Vice-Chairman, Mr Laskhmi Narayanan, is his relaxed look. After chatting about the Indian IT industry, Europe's woes, India's corporate culture and bureaucratic mindset »
Editorial

A blow struck for justice

By quashing tainted licences, the Supreme Court has come out against arbitrary rule making and discretionary exercise of power. »
Opinion

Corruption: Spectrum of solutions

We need to move beyond the politics of the 2G case. The underlying principle of the Supreme Court's landmark verdict to annul 2G licences should extend to all scarce natural resources. »

Nigeria Rumblings - Equity crucial for fuel subsidy

Cheap fuel smuggled from Nigeria being sold in a beach in Togo. — S. Gopikrishna Warrier Mr Jonathan had to face the anger of his people when he decided to reduce the subsidy on petrol recently. He faced strikes across cities and watered down his decision after six days of protest on January 16. »
Stock Insight
With the launch of Ertiga, Maruti has entered the utility vehicles space

Maruti Suzuki: Buy

Maruti Suzuki has had a tough time so far in 2011-12. A cyclical slowdown hitting the auto industry, production hiccups from repeated strikes in its plants, increased competition in the compact car segment and foreign exchange losses »
Stock Insight

Lupin Limited: Buy

Strong footing in the domestic market and growing presence in the Japanese market will help Lupin grow at a healthy pace. »
Investment World

Query Corner: TCS in a strong structural uptrend

There is no doubt that TCS is among those blue-chips that are in a strong structural uptrend. The correction in 2011 has scarcely dented the stock and it is currently poised just six per cent below its life-time high. »

Primary market: Games companies play

SEBI has discovered that the money raised through IPOs flowed mostly into accounts of stock market intermediaries, through many layered transactions. Two of the companies, RDB Rasayans and Onelife Capital resorted to applying for their own offers through ‘benami' or fictitious applications in the retail category. »

Cloud vs virtualisation

Once, virtualisation was used by companies to solve tactical issues like server sprawl. Now, they have realised that thanks to virtualisation, there are more opex (operating expenditure) dollars to be saved than capex (capital expenditure). »

Kashmir's courageous fish-wali

Fisherwomen sell the day's catch on the roadside at Srinagar's Amira Kadal bridge. - Imran Ali. Displaying a unique brand of enterprise in a male-dominated society, she braves several odds in the strife-torn Valley to keep her roadside stall running in Srinagar. »
Designs on India: The sari had a role to play in Brio’s make-up

Driven by design

Indians used to be happy with a car that gave good mileage even if it looked like a tiffin box. But not any longer. They want good design as well. »
NFC Pairing

NFC #101: All you need to know about NFC

Of late, there has been a lot of talk about the advent of NFC. In CES this year, a handful of NFC-enabled smartphones were launched and created quite a buzz. And why not? After all it's a nascent... »
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