The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 16, 2008

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ACCOUNT SPEAK: Accounting debates on carbon credits
While there can be no two opinions on whether carbon emissions should be reduced, there appears however to be a continuing debate among companies on how to appropriately account for carbon credits. "At present there is no authoritative ...

CONTRA ENTRY: Ninja and Dinky
No income, no job and no assets (Ninja) is a popular acronym doing the rounds, though for wrong reasons. Those in the know aver that the US financial meltdown triggering off a worldwide contagion has its origin in ...

FINANCIAL SCAN: Banks must lend, but can they be forced to?
The main difference between free market and State-controlled economies is not ownership of assets, but the presence or absence of ...

ON THE HEDGE: Nifty 3100 put turns active
Nifty Oct future sheds shares in open interest. Chennai, Oct. 15 Trading volume remained moderate at Rs 43,996.07 crore in the F&O segment on the NSE on Wednesday against Tuesday’s volume of 47,278 crore. The Nifty October future ended ...

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Markets (Oct 15)

Nifty (at close)	3338.40(-180.25)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)	48.50/51
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs	3,504
Gold (a gram) Rs	1,225
Silver (a kg) Rs	18,665

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Commodity stocks remain under pressure

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Ninja and Dinky

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Looking back
Oct. 5-Oct. 11
Most counters hit 52-week lows

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