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Microcredit is effective for women in self-employment
Microcredit in India is attracting not only large donations, but also investments. Many lending programmes in the country are of such high quality and size that they are investment grade.
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SAY CHEEK
Is there a meeting point in the mating space?
“Men look at the photos and women read the resumés. Twenty-something women were the choosiest of all.”
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BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
Market storms that lash the energy engine
Chilling apprehensions about oil, which is on a relentless runaway rise, threaten to make this winter colder, even as oil jumps to $98 a barrel, on fears of a harsher winter. Oil may reach $100 by the end of the week if the North Sea storm ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Banking stocks up on UTI IPO plans
Three banking stocks – State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda – have been gaining on the bourses of late. BoB gained 15.24 per cent week-on-week and SBI jumped 9.64 per cent, while PNB improved about 4 per cent ...
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ON THE HEDGE
Nifty Nov futures sheds entire premium
Reliance Petro still under trading ban
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