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SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Werther effect
My friend's neighbour has, in the last six months, invested heavily in the oil sector, especially in the companies located in Alberta. The reason? He read reports that oil prices are likely to remain high and ...
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TAX TALK
Tax cuts and missus
I own a house and it is registered in my name. I have taken a housing loan jointly with my wife. I have sought a tax deduction in respect of interest up to the maximum amount of Rs 1,50,000 and, in respect of the principal, up to the maximum ...
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IN FOCUS
Software sector hits the purple patch
As frontline companies are set to comfortably clock growth rates of over 35 per cent for the year, the revenue and profitability gap between frontline and Tier-II companies is set to widen.
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BOOK VALUE
Investing for teens
Today's youths may have to know more about money than what their parents or grandparents ever had to know.
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AUTO TECH
A safer drive with HUD vision
What Head-up Display does is project and display critical engine and vehicle data on the windscreen of the car. The projected image is focused along the line of sight of the driver, thereby giving him the impression that the image is floating just ab ove the bonnet line.
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PORTFOLIO MOVES
Franklin India Flexi-Cap Infy now in top slot
Franklin India Flexi-Cap has a mandate to invest in different market capitalisation bands based on market conditions. This week we analyse the fund's portfolio shuffle between April and July 2006. Its assets went down, along with the market, ...
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F & O OUTLOOK
Nifty: Firm trend persists
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WHEELS & DEALS
Maruti's August offer...
Maruti has announced its sales scheme for August. The southern market, especially Tamil Nadu, is in for special treatment because the Tamil month of Aadi is still in progress. While the schemes vary across cities, the offers are similar in ...
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GM zeroes in on Maharashtra
General Motors has reached an agreement with the Maharashtra Government to set up its second plant at the Talegaon Industrial Estate, near Pune. The automaker, which aims to garner a 10 per cent share of the domestic market by 2010, plans to ...
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Hero Honda hikes prices
Hero Honda, which faced margin pressure in the first quarter, has raised prices of its two-wheelers by Rs 500 to Rs 2,000. Citing higher costs for key raw materials such as steel, rubber and aluminium, the two-wheeler manufacturer has raised ...
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THE BIG DEAL
Re-rating rules
Rarely is a company irked so much by a downgrade in rating that it dumps the rating agency to move to another one. In an unusually dramatic move, however, South-based cement major Madras Cements has done just that. When Crisil recently downgraded ...
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