The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, September 28, 2008

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YOUNG INVESTOR: Read the ‘buyback’ signal right
In choppy market conditions such as the current one, ‘buyback’ seems to be the buzz word for companies all over the world. Eager to infuse confidence in investors in turbulent markets, companies such as Reliance Infrastructure, ...

BOOK VALUE: What ails SME financing?
Financing SMEs, though desirable and perhaps necessary for banks to earn decent returns on capital, is not yet easy, say B. Yerram Raju and P. R. Mohan Nataraj in Small and Medium Enterprises in India ( ...

TAX TALK: Tax liability on sale of agricultural land
I had purchased 1 acre of agricultural land in 1983 for Rs 10,000. I got 2.7 acres of agricultural land through partition of ancestral properties. During November 2007, I sold the 3.7 acres for Rs 45 lakh. What would be the ...

SIMPLE ECONOMICS: Tune your expectations
You may have observed that stocks of certain companies decline on the day these companies announce their financial performance, even if it is better than the previous quarter. Can economics explain such behaviour? Behavioural psychologists ...

MICROMOTIVES: Retirement portfolio: Applying human capital for optimal asset allocation
Retirement planning is a process that enables a person to enjoy the desired post-retirement lifestyle. The retirement investment portfolio is custom-tailored to suit the objectives of the person concerned. Often, retirement planning does not ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: Start early with small deals
Vikas Jawa is a Director with travel portal Zoomtra.com. He was earlier working with Bridge Consulting Group on the travel segment, which inspired him to start a travel search engine. Before Bridge Consulting, he also served as head ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: Aviva India Bond
Some of the insurance companies are planning to raise their new premium income through debt products such as endowment and money back. Aviva Life Insurance has recently launched the Aviva India Bond — a single premium endowment ...

F & O OUTLOOK: Range-bound movement seen in Nifty future
There was no let up from bear hammering last week, as the Nifty October future finished at 3998.15, registering a fall of 6.4 per cent over its last week’s ...

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Markets (Sept 27)

Nifty (at close)	3985.25(-125.30)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)	46.42/43
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs	4,737
Gold (a gram) Rs	1,190
Silver (a kg) Rs	20,570

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