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STOCKS
Nice moves
Lupin has announced it has received €20 million (over Rs 110 crore) from Laboratoires Servier for the sale of additional patent rights for a hypertension drug. Earlier, it acquired the Japanese company Kyowa. ... More

Gold rush
Rajesh Exports has bagged a mega order worth Rs 743 crore of gold jewellery from Gold Star Jewellery, Singapore. The order is to be completed by the January 30, 2008. ... More

Funding needs
The Board of Directors of Tata Steel has approved its plans to raise Rs 9,654 crore by issuing equity shares and cumulative convertible preference shares, on a rights basis, to the existing shareholders. ... More

Switching focus
Larsen & Toubro has entered into a share sale agreement with Malaysia-based Tamco Corporate Holdings towards the acquisition of the latter’s de-merged switchgear business, Tamco Switchgear Malaysia. ... More

Indiabulls Real Estate: Book profits
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Carborundum Universal: Buy
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Asahi India Glass: Hold
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OPEN OFFERS
Gokaldas Exports — Open offer: Accept
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INVESTMENTS
SMART MESSAGE
M&As and stock calls
Is the company in which you hold shares an acquisition target? Here is how you prepare your ground in order to take sensible hold or sell decisions. More

NEW FUND OFFER
Update
HDFC Mutual Fund has recently launched HDFC Arbitrage Fund, an open-ended equity scheme. The fund seeks to generate income by investing predominantly in arbitrage opportunities between the cash and derivative segment and ... More

AUTOMOBILES
GM Sparks centennial offer
As part of the centennial celebrations of its parent company, General Motors Corporation, GM India is offering the Chevrolet Spark at a special starting price of Rs 2.79 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) for those who book their cars from October ... More

INSIGHT
Biased towards large-cap stocks
Over the past one month, the stock markets have been touching new highs without taking much cognizance of the seeming uncertainties on the political front. The fed rate cut appeared to be the instigating force behind this rally that was ... More

Time for VaR rebalancing in stocks?
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Breathless chase of the indices
Mutual funds in June-September quarter More

Telecom — Making sense of the licence rush
In the rush to apply for Unified Access Services Licence, telecom players are jostling with competition from the real-estate sector. Here’s taking a look at who might finally call the shots. More

Follow a portfolio approach
Most of us make ’buy-sell’ decisions in an impulsive manner.Taking a ‘portfolio approach’ to such decisions can make life simpler. More

MUTUAL FUNDS
Magnum COMMA Fund: Invest
For investors who already hold equity funds in their portfolio, SBI Mutual Fund’s Magnum COMMA Fund appears to be a good option to diversify. The fund focuses on stocks of commodity companies and thus its returns are likely to be linked ... More

Templeton India Equity: Invest
Templeton India Equity Income Fund (TEIF) appears to be a good option for investors looking to diversify their equity portfolio. A global investment universe and value investing strategy are two key features of this fund that may provide some ... More

Focus on infrastructure
Theme-based funds tend to reward investors when clear trends are discernible in various sectors. For the past year it was the turn of infrastructure funds to outpace their diversified peers, and by a good margin. Here is how the theme based ... More

Fund Talk
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Market View
Rare has been the year over the past decade-and-half when markets have stepped into October in such a bullish state. Usually stock prices tend to be tepid in the July-September quarter and make an upward move from October and more ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Index Outlook
It has been a good beginning to the festival season with the Indian markets swirling to the Dandiya beat despite the discordant note struck by our political leaders. The corrections that ventured to rear their heads were trampled underneath as ... More

Reliance
RIL continued its gravity-defying act; rising to an intra week high of Rs 2,724. But Friday’s gyration accompanied by record volumes can be interpreted as a key reversal. This pattern coincides with the completion of a five-wave ... More

SBI
SBI reversed from Rs 1,750 to move to an intra-week high of Rs 1,958. But the downward reversal witnessed on Friday leads us to assume that the short-term correction that commenced from October 1 is still underway. This correction can make the ... More

Tata Steel
Despite the sharp plunge last Monday, Tata Steel recovered strongly to achieve our short-term target of Rs 893. The stock appears to have completed the move that commenced from the August 17 trough. The subsequent move could be a ... More

Infosys
Pre-earnings euphoria made Infosys rise to an intra week high of Rs 2,140 but the sharp plunge over the last two sessions corroborates our view that the stock will move in the band between Rs 1,700 and Rs 2,100 over the medium term. Infosys ... More

Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel was in no mood to consolidate sideways as we had expected, electing to surge a whopping 8 per cent for the week instead. It is either a third or a fifth wave extension, both of which denote a strong bullish under current in the ... More

Satyam Computers
Though Satyam Computer moved slightly beyond our medium term range between Rs 400 and Rs 470 last week, the nasty tumble that followed proves that the stock is yet to launch in to a sustainable up trend. The immediate support for the ... More

Query Corner
I want to know the future prospect of Sterlite Industries purchased at Rs 595. A. NathSterlite Industries (Rs 814.20): Sterlite Industries recorded a significant trough in June 2006 ... More

Trader's Corner
Run-away bull markets are not rare in the history of stock markets. After rallying in the face of all odds and surmounting a wall of scepticism, markets come to a stage when they suddenly break-out and begin a dizzying climb upward.Many ... More

CARS
A sneak peek at Pa
This is a spy shot of Hyundai’s upcoming new, small car that will be positioned alongside the Santro Xing. The new car, to be christened iTen or i10, is likely to cost Rs 4-5 lakh and will compete with all the premium hatches that ... More

Alto’s milestones
For a car of its size, the Maruti Suzuki Alto has set some pretty impressive records. Last year, the Alto was the first car to sell one-lakh units in just 150 days. Now, as of September this year, as it completed the seventh year of ... More

TWO/THREE WHEELERS
Bajaj Avenger 200: Back with a vengeance
The new Avenger 200 DTS-i is the result of Bajaj’s attempt at refreshing the cruiser experience, by endowing the bike with a more refined and powerful mill and add-ons that enhance its looks. More

ECONOMICS
Power of listening
Can you call a person’s bluff easily? If you are a good card player, you perhaps can. In general, however, we are not geared to detecting lies. A person we met recently seems to have found a novel way of getting around the problem. As an ... More

STOCK MARKETS
Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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Bull's Eye
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Baskets of X
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What’s Ahead
The week will see companies such as TCS, Axis Bank, HCL Technologies, Reliance Energy and Wipro announcing results. Among other heavyweights, ACC, Reliance Industries and Ranbaxy will declare their quarterly results on October ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS
COMMODITY CONCEPTS
Curbs and counter-pulls
Market reforms of recent years have transformed the economy and stakeholder mindset but some restrictions remain. More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Consider straddle on Nifty
Critical factors Implied volatility jumps for putsNifty future commands higher premium More

INTERVIEW
It’s becoming more of a volumes game
In the auto component industry, margins are under pressure and only volumes can make profits. We have to judiciously manage capital expenditure in such a way that we are flexible and hope that the volumes will happen. More

‘India still a favourite market’
“I will not be surprised if we get a little bit of correction but we still have a long-term bull market here”. More

INCOME TAX
No deduction for foreign education
Will education fees paid by an individual for his child’s higher education in the US qualify for deduction under Section 80-C? — Chandravijay ShahNo deduction can be claimed in respect of ... More

PEOPLE
Investment Nuggets

Vietnam war veteran and self-made money manager, John Calamos, has an estimated current net worth of around $3 billion. After founding Calamos Asset Management in 1977, he made steady progress in Wall Street armed with exceptional ... More

BOOKS
Stock spotting is like spying
Opportunities for great wealth are everywhere – you just need to see them, says Hilary Kramer in ‘Ahead of the Curve’ ( www.landmarkonthenet.com), a ... More

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