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OFFHAND
Farmers' suicides
Farmers' suicides in India have been a recurring phenomenon, at least since 1997, and of late have assumed grim proportions. The number of deaths reported in the last 10 years has exceeded 30,000, and almost all ...
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FINANCIAL SCAN
US growth: Upside surprise in store?
Fed may well be on course to raising rates to 6 pc
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VIEW POINT
Politics of the protest-game
Launching protest campaigns comprises a major instrument in the hands of political parties which are out to carve for themselves a distinctive niche in the variegated national political spectrum. The truism is being borne out in practice today by ...
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ZERO BASE
Don't give up on Doha Round
The collapse of the WTO talks on the Doha Round in Geneva showed that the members were "far from the necessary convergence to be able to establish modalities in agriculture and NAMA, despite all the hard work put in by everyone." The only good news i s that no one appears `to want to throw in the towel'.
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EAR TO THE GROUND
TTK Prestige: Up on performance hopes
The stock of TTK Prestige is being touted as a good investment bet and to be accumulated at declines. The stock has gained 12 per cent since last week. TTK, which has repositioned itself as a kitchen solutions company, is the only one in this ...
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SBI: Banking on subsidiaries
State Bank of India, which was in the news on Tuesday for issuing dividend, is also being talked of as being an attractive buy once its subsidiaries go to the market to raise money. Analysts are of the view that there will be value unlocking ...
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Steel stocks betting on numbers
Shares of steel companies have been on the rise of late on expectation of robust numbers for the first quarter of current year , say marketmen. According to analysts, given the periodic hike in steel prices, steel companies such as SAIL, ...
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SENSOR
Bellwether indices continue to move within narrow range
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