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12 Mar, 2010 01:01 pm

MARKETS SHRUG OFF JAN IIP NUMBERS
By Ruma Dubey The market saw what most of the news channels did not see. The news channels were exuberant, literally screeching in excitement over the Jan IIP numbers. But the markets remained more or less flat; it was like a “so what, move on” kind of a reaction. So why were

11 Mar, 2010 01:35 pm

INFLATION REMAINS “WORRY NO.1”
By Ruma Dubey Food inflation for week ended 27th Feb was at 17.81%, marginally lower than 17.87% we saw last week. This index comprises of lentils, rice, vegetables and other food articles compiled by the commerce ministry. Fuel price index was at 11.38%. Primary articles pric

10 Mar, 2010 02:15 pm

REALTY IPOS – WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING…..
By Ruma Dubey The NMDC FPO has opened for subscription and going by the trickle of investors we see in the FPO right now, looks like history will repeat itself. We might see exactly the same trend we saw in the FPOs of NTPC and REC, which thanks to the support of the QIBs, managed t

09 Mar, 2010 01:49 pm

WOMEN’S RESERVATION BILL - SERVED RIGHT, SUPPORTED BY LEFT TOO!
By Ruma Dubey The Women’s Reservation Bill is historic. If and when the Bill is passed, it means, a change has been brought about in the Indian Constitution and that is huge. We are witness to this moment of history and hence extremely important, that we understand what is happeni

08 Mar, 2010 01:47 pm

A NEW AVATAR OF SBI WAITING IN THE WINGS
By Ruma Dubey Undoubtedly, SBI, India's largest public sector bank, stole all the thunder today on the bourses. The ‘star’ of the day, SBI soared on the BSE. Opening at Rs.2032, the stock went on to touch the day’s high at Rs.2114. Obviously the market was celebrating the much awaited

05 Mar, 2010 03:15 pm

WILL NMDC TAKE GOVT TO THE FINISHING LINE?
By Ruma Dubey In the Budget speech, the FM announced that by the end of the current fiscal, the Govt has set itself the target of Rs.25,000 crore to come in via the ongoing disinvestment process. Well, there are only 26 days more for the current fiscal to end. And all the planned

04 Mar, 2010 12:46 pm

IS THERE A GREEK TRAGEDY IN THE MAKING?
By Ruma Dubey The tremors of the earthquake at Wall Street which struck over 15 months ago, still reverberates. Small tremors can still be felt. The focus has now shifted to Europe. The markets are so tuned to detect even the smallest sign of trouble brewing anywhere that even the slightest

03 Mar, 2010 01:23 pm

BUDGET ACTS AS STEROID, MARKETS IN HYPER MODE
By Ruma Dubey The stock market seems to be possessed. This has probably happened for the first time that the market has had such a strong post-Budget rally. For three consecutive days now, the market is on a surge. It was as though the market was waiting for a reason to move up and the Budg

02 Mar, 2010 12:03 pm

SERVICE TAX IN REALTY – GOOD OR BAD? ITS INEVITABLE
By Ruma Dubey After the Budget was announced, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Pranab Mukherjee had achieved the impossible feat of giving everyone the feelingof having gained something, no one was really complaing too much. But once the fine print came out and people poured though it, was evi

26 Feb, 2010 02:08 pm

A FINE BALANCING ACT
By Ruma Dubey The markets went into the Budget with very poor expectations. It expected the worst and hence when the actual Budget announced a few wrinkles here and there, it started celebrating. When the Finance Minister began his Budget speech, at 11 AM the BSE was up 81 points an

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