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Market decline is steep while fall in FII holdings is not
Impact cost, blind following by retail investors could be the cause. BL Research Bureau For much of 2008, FIIs have been cast as the villains of the piece in the Indian stock market meltdown. Net sales of Rs 52,842 crore executed this year by ...

Farm debt relief evokes lukewarm response
Banks seek permission to pitch in with part of first instalment needed to qualify for rebate. Mumbai, Dec. 27 Banks such as Union Bank of India and IDBI Bank have been taken by surprise at the ‘not so good’ response of large farmers ...



Farmers busy in fields pl...
A toast to regulators
A toast needs to be raised the Indian stock exchanges and the market regulator who ensured that our markets functioned smoothly through the intense volatility in 2008, without resorting to ad-hoc measures adopted in other countries such ...


Satyam defers Dec 29 Board meeting
Hyderabad, Dec. 27 Satyam Computer Services has decided to postpone the crucial December 29 board meeting, even as the investor community is anxious about ...

SBI Web site hacked, but no data loss
Mumbai, Dec. 27 The menace of hacking has come to haunt India’s largest bank, State Bank of ...

Air India 1 busier with Manmohan than with Vajpayee
TRAVELS OF 2 PMS. New Delhi, Dec. 27 Air India 1, the official carrier of the Prime Minister, has been busier during the last five years than it was during the preceding five year ...

Index Outlook
Stock prices suffered as a result of investor apathy last week as market participants took a much-needed break to indulge in some year-end revelry. Volumes plunged and Sensex ended 7 per cent lower. Talks of yet another stimulus package ...

Sensex outlook for 2009
The word ‘unprecedented’ crops up often when we review the movement of the Indian markets in ...

HDFC High Interest Fund: Invest
Gilt funds have been top performers over the past quarter, as a series of cuts in interest rates and lower inflation expectations triggered a spike in gilt prices. However, with the yield on the ten-year gilt already down to 5.7 per cent, ...

Sundaram BNP Paribas Tax Saver: Invest
Investors can buy the units of Sundaram BNP Paribas Tax Saver (Sundaram Tax) considering its long-term track record in delivering impressive returns and ability to ...

BGR Energy Systems: Buy
BGR Energy Systems, an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) player in the power sector, has bagged some of its biggest orders in the last two quarters, assuaging concerns about slowing order flow suggested by key macro ...

Power Finance Corporation: Invest
Investors with low-risk appetite can consider the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) stock, as the stock is trading at attractive valuations after being beaten down in the stock market crash. With markets in a corrective phase, investors should ...

Shoppers’ Stop: Hold
Shoppers’ Stop, a premium retailer with a pan-India presence, has seen a deteriorating financial performance in recent quarters. Currently priced at Rs. 174.7, this stock is unlikely to deliver in the coming quarters. While holding ...

Only safe options scored
No place to hide. That’s the expression that best captures what investors went through in 2008, easily the most traumatic year in recent memory for active ...

Banks offer card protection schemes to attract customers
To cover fraudulent transactions in case of loss, theft. Mumbai, Dec. 27 Faced with increasing credit card losses and a shrinking card base, some banks are offering schemes that provide customers coverage of fraudulent transactions in case of ...

Component makers reel as auto sector skids
See a long-drawn repeat of 1997 lows. Chennai, Dec. 27 The auto component industry is convinced it is seeing a repeat of the 1997 low, only this time it will be tougher and last longer — through 2009 and ...

Weekly News Round-up(Latest Audio:English)
The annual Wholesale Price Index-based inflation has dipped to a nine-month low of 6.61 per cent for the week ended December 13. This is lower than the previous week's rise of 6.84 per cent, helped mainly by a recent duty cut on ...


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