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19 Mar, 2010 12:45 pm

IS THE CROUCHING TIGER READY TO STRIKE?
By Ruma Dubey The pace at which China has been growing, despite the world recession had left everyone bewildered. Many in India, like many other skeptics in the world, believed that China was creating a bubble, cocooning itself from the world. But how long can the bubble last and ho

18 Mar, 2010 01:36 pm

GREY MARKETS – NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE YET BOTH?
By Ruma Dubey Investor interest in IPOs has perked up once again. Otherwise how does one explain the fact that Pradip Overseas IPO was subscribed 14 times, DQ Entertainment by 86 times and IL&FS Transport by 33 times? Maybe the appetite is not yet there for PSU F

17 Mar, 2010 02:20 pm

US FED SIGNALS - ROAD IS LONGER TO RECOVERY
By Ruma Dubey As against expectations of at least 100 bps rise in interest rates, the US Fed once again did the unpredictable and kept the rates unchanged. So the main interest rates remain low, between zero to 0.25 percent, where it’s been since December 2008. And the Fed

16 Mar, 2010 01:34 pm

INDIA TO FOREIGN COLLEGES: “COME TO INCREDIBLE INDIA!”
By Ruma Dubey Imagine... Your son has got admission to the prestigious Harvard college. That’s very good news but tinged with a bout of sadness as it would mean that, he would fly the nest and go far away; maybe to come back soon after studying or to settle down there forever. You never k

15 Mar, 2010 02:37 pm

ADVANCE TAX - WILL IT EXCEED THE CBDT TARGET?
By Ruma Dubey The deadline for the fourth and the last quarter of current fiscal is today and based on the numbers which have been coming out till now, it looks like a mixed bag. And to a large extent, these numbers are a true reflection of the state of the sector. For the auto sector, FY10 has

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

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