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Should one go after the beaten-down stocks in sectors such as real estate or stick to fundamentally-strong companies? read full article »

Canadian Filmmaker Jay Bajaj said there are no takers in India for his documentary 'The Man Who Saved Taj Mahal' which highlights contribution of environmental activist M C Mehta and his fight to save the monument from environmental degradation. read full article »

Four months after TOI first exposed the Cidco land scam in Navi Mumbai, a state government-appointed inquiry committee has recommended cancellation of a 12-acre hotel plot allotted to Pune-based builder Avinash Bhosale in 2008. read full article »

Despite the prospects of logjam in Parliament over the 2G Spectrum allocation scam next week, the government remains set against a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to probe the fiddle as it continues to apprehend a long-drawn ?political? inquiry. read full article »

The setting up of ?fiscal-inspectors? by the PMO in the form of the Rangarajan Committee to review the Sonia-Gandhi led National Advisory Council?s (NAC) draft of the National Food Security Act could now open up the debate on the basic contours of the social security scheme for the third time in .. read full article »

UID architecture can be used as a base to build multiple applications by the private sector & they are excited about the business opportunity. read full article »

From nursery rhymes to cursive writing, today?s tech-savvy generation is learning to draw, spell, colour and count on smartphones. read full article »

Three years ago, two business consultants from Toronto, Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams, wrote a book that went on to become a big hit. read full article »

ET outlines some factors investors need to track closely, for a sense of market direction, in the near term. read full article »

With the results season nearing its end, the Indian markets have once again turned volatile and the focus has shifted to non-equity options like debt and commodities. read full article »

It is a challenge to find stocks that would do well in short term. Short term investments are made by people who have commitments cropping up in the near future like house down payments or vehicle purchase. read full article »

Gold continues to dazzle as investors augment it to their portfolio as a hedge against market volatility. read full article »

ET has some strategies to get your portfolio back on track again after the results season. read full article »

iRunway provides technology insight in patent litigation, portfolio analysis and intellectual property. read full article »

2G scam: Stung by tape, Ratan Tata may move Supreme CourtThe head of the Rs 320,000 cr salt-to-software conglomerate feels that publication of intercepts of the conversation has violated his right to privacy. read full article »

Seven hot wheels with an exclusive quotientGiven their prices, it surely would be a tough task to sell them in hordes! Let's figure out what they're made of, and who they are meant for. read full article »

One can for the time being avoid investment in Reliance Ambani group of industries and also keep away from realty stocks as Lic housing finance scam or so called bribery scandal has the potential to lead to a 10% correction in the market and thus Nifty 5500 levels appears achievable. Nifty 5750 .. read full article »

Buy at dips and book profits regularly: AnalystsAnalysts believe the market undertone is bullish and investors feel they have the potential to rise to new highs in the medium to long terms. read full article »

How NRIs can apply for PAN card in IndiaNon-resident individuals need to have a PAN number if they receive an income and need to file returns in India. Here are some minor changes in case of NRIs. read full article »

Karnataka Lok Ayukta (ombudsman) N Santosh Hegde on Saturday said that there appears to be a prima facie case in allegations of improper land deals against Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa. read full article »

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urges Beijing to 'make clear that North Korea's behaviour is unacceptable'. read full article »

Seven big corruption scandals that rocked IndiaIndia has been rocked this year by a series of corruption scandals that have rattled the markets. The country ranks 87th in Transparency International's list. read full article »

There are many stocks which shouldn't be in this list. After I got alerted by Manish T's comment, I again ran a scan and found out a good number of stocks - around 45 - that shouldn't be in the list.  What happens is that when I set the parameter to 'find stocks which are above their 50 and .. read full article »

Wall St week ahead: Euro bears jolt US bulls but jobs may helpThere is no sign that investors' headaches from Europe are going away, but big holiday spending & improving labor market could soothe Wall Street. read full article »

LIC investors won't lose single paise: Pranab MukherjeeFinance Minister assured investors in LIC that they would not lose any money because of the housing finance racket involving the CEO of LIC Housing Finance Ltd and some top bank officials. read full article »

A man in Punjab on Saturday filed a defamation suit against Canadian MP Ujjal Dosanjh for hurting the sentiments of Sikh community. read full article »

UK immigration: Britain will need 2 mn new homes for migrant familiesOfficial figures suggest that Britain will have to provide homes for 83,000 migrant families a year if the influx continues at the current rate. read full article »

Ravi Inder Singh, the IAS officer arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive information from the Home Ministry, has been placed under suspension. read full article »

Weekly round-up: Latest buzz in the Indian IT industryThe week gone by saw important developments. In wake of conceding the position of third-biggest software exporter, Wipro plans to rejig to fend off TCS, Infosys. read full article »

A Delhi court today ordered registration of FIR against Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and five others for allegedly making anti-India speeches. read full article »

Syrian President Basher al-Assad today assured full support to his Indian counterpart Pratibha Patil on the issue of India's quest for a permanent seat in the reformed UN security council. read full article »

Seeking to give a new twist to his ongoing war against the BJP government in Karnataka over alleged land scams, JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy claimed Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had made a vain bid to patch up with him. read full article »

@ musti, here's the ATR. My software and the manual calculation arrive at the same 112.87 value. read full article »

Sensex continues to bleed on loan scandalThe 30-share sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange declined 2.29% or 448.83 points to 19,136.61 points in the weekly trade. read full article »

Engineering and construction firm Gammon India today said it has successfully acquired an 84.16 per cent stake in Metropolitan Infrahousing Private Ltd. Consequently, Metropolitan Infrahousing is now a subsidiary of Gammon India, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The .. read full article »

US warns India about possible WikiLeaks releaseIt is not known yet what is contained in these documents to be released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks about India-related issues. read full article »

ChrysCapital Investment Advisors has bought a 12% stake for Rs.100 crore in Pratibha Industries Ltd, a Mumbai-listed infrastructure firm that lays water pipelines, builds roads and develops real estate. “We don’t comment on the specific strategy behind the investment, but all I can say is .. read full article »

Investors drawn to emerging markets but fund-raising gets more competitive. In the changed scenario of Indian private equity, where institutions and individuals are busy with fund raising, the fund houses are exploring untapped markets. ICICI Venture (I-Ven), India’s largest PE firm, is in .. read full article »

Following are the weekly technical picks from Edelweiss: Larsen & Toubro - SellStock had generated downside trendline breakout on the daily chart with good volumes. On the daily chart it is continuously making lower top and lower bottom, as well as trading below the 21DEMA, thus depicting .. read full article »

Ambit Capital gave following view on BSE IT, Realty, Auto, Consumer Durables (CD) for the month on December 2010.BUY BSE IT INDEXThe IT index is consolidating after the rally and has formed the Falling Flag, which is the bullish pattern. The breakout level is at 6250; the next resistance above .. read full article »

Aiming to arrest the spread of Red terror in the country, the Union Cabinet cleared a Rs 3,300 crore special plan for 60 Naxal-affected districts across nine states to ensure overall development of these areas. read full article »

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IPO plans hit as realty, financial stocks tumbleThe list of realty companies which have been planning IPOs includes Emaar MGF, which had deferred its issue earlier, Embassy Projects and Lavasa Corp. read full article »

IPO plans hit as realty, financial stocks tumbleThe list of realty companies which have been planning IPOs includes Emaar MGF, which had deferred its issue earlier, Embassy Projects and Lavasa Corp. read full article »

Attacking rebel Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Union Minister and senior party leader from the state S Jaipal Reddy today said he was violating party discipline and termed his actions as "very undesirable". read full article »

Automobile manufacturer Ashok Leyland today said it is planning to set up a driving school here, reports PTI. ``The company has submitted a proposal to the state government and we are waiting for their response,`` a company official said. He said the company is also planning to increase the .. read full article »

World oil prices fell today as the dollar soared against the euro on deepening concern over the eurozone debt crisis, but trade was muted after the US Thanksgiving holiday, reports PTI. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in January shed 63 cents to USD 85.41 a barrel in London trade. New York`s .. read full article »

Bribes-for-loans scam: Govt asks officials to shun blacklisted 'middlemen'Latest blacklist comes in the backdrop of a series of scandals which have hurt govt's credibility & brought into focus role of middlemen and lobbyists. read full article »

Newly-appointed AP Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy arrived in Delhi on Saturday to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to finalise the names of his cabinet ministers ahead of the assembly session commencing on Monday. read full article »

China has launched its first ever electronic passports that would contain information in microchips. read full article »