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22 June 2011   Moneylife Exclusive Corporate bonds turn extremely attractive for retail investors Moneylife Digital Team If you want to invest Rs10 lakh and above in a fixed-income product, consider listed corporate bonds. Some safe ones can yield returns as high as 12%...     Exclusive Column     Labour pains: How government regulations are hurting employment and businesses William Gamble The laws, far from protecting labour, many times limit competition, discriminating against foreign companies and foreign workers. Often, it is not the laws themselves, but how they are enforced...       Other ML Exclusives   Indians living abroad keen to use RTI, but the government isn't making it easier A couple of activists have spearheaded a campaign to make it more convenient for Indians living abroad to use the RTI Act. One of the issues is providing an online facility to make relevant payments on RTI applications. But their efforts have met with indifference by the government... ................................................................................................................................................ Is nobody buying clothing? Low demand affects textiles, cotton Due to the ban on exports, the country has excess stock of cotton and prices are falling. However, due to sluggish demand in domestic as well as overseas markets, the textile industry is suffering...   Strange debut by Timbor Home; top gainer on NSE With an IPO grading of just 1/5, the stock ends at a premium 44.76% on debut... ................................................................................................................................................ Daily Market Report: Share prices still struggling to rally Nifty's resistance is at 5,330... ................................................................................................................................................ IPOs: Manipulation rules Will the watchdog watch the IPO process? ................................................................................................................................................ Copal Art fund investors allege they have been cheated Investors say paintings in which they invested were priced too high and hence could not find any buyers. Copal not too keen on promised buyback, says it was a "goodwill gesture"... ................................................................................................................................................ KPR Mill: Fit knit Improved performance and stable growth make this a good pick... ................................................................................................................................................ Crisil projects higher realty growth in smaller cities 'Research suggests growing economic, commercial activities and price stability is attracting big developers to cities like Surat, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jaipur and Coimbatore. Estimates sales of Rs180 million in ten such cities in 2012... ................................................................................................................................................ Personal finance today SBI Mutual Fund floats Debt Fund Series 180 Days-20 Reliance Mutual Fund unveils Fixed Horizon Fund-XX-Series 2 Religare Mutual Fund launches 180 days fixed maturity plan DSP BlackRock MF introduces three months fixed maturity plan Axis Mutual Fund launches 368 days fixed term plan ING Vysya Bank hikes lending rate by 25 basis points Insurers with 10 years operation to tap market: IRDA Tata AutoComp Systems IPO likely over next two weeks Fidelity launches Visa debit card payment service for online customers   At a Glance   - I-T dept asked to start prompt action against tax evaders - CBI sends reminder to TRAI for assessing loss in spectrum scam - Many proposals of team Anna missing from govt draft of Lokpal Bill - FM allays fears over 'below normal' monsoon forecast - HC directs Tata Motors to serve notice on Bengal government - ONGC overstated reserves in KG basin block: Cairn India Corporate Wrap-up   - Lupin's subsidiary gets USFDA approval for anti-bacterial tablet - L&T Infrastructure Development signs Rs2,600 crore agreement with NHAI - L&T wins new orders worth Rs4,100 crore   Moneylife Columns     Vodafone: Suicidal advertising! Anil Thakraney The mobile giant tried its hand at a campaign that made a tongue-in-cheek claim that it was responsible for the Mubarak ouster. The Egyptians, however, are not amused...     Is your neighbourhood flooded? Are the nullahs encroached upon? Invoke RTI Vinita Deshmukh Cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Pune get flooded even with one long heavy shower during the monsoon. The reason is not so much the unexpected heavy rainfall, as much as it has to do with the expected failure of the municipal corporations to make storm water drains, or allowing illegal encroachments on nullahs and streams. RTI can help you nail them...       Face 2 Face   Varun Industries aims to complete new steel, pig iron units by 2015 Kiran Mehta, chairman and managing director, says backward integration will give the company absolute control over quality and reasonably good control over cost...   Editor's Pick   Nokia tries to catch up with Apple, finally But the phone-maker is caught between cheap, unbranded handsets and smart-phones from technology giants. ...................................................................................................................................................... The LulzSec hacker group becomes more ambitious It is now going after secret government data. ...................................................................................................................................................... The war on terror has cost the US $1 trillion And this figure does not include the $100 billion that the Pentagon has put aside for 'war-related' expenses. ...................................................................................................................................................... Are we facing a 'century of hunger'? That's what France is saying at the G-20 meet. ...................................................................................................................................................... How will climate change slip out of control? Here are the most likely disasters which could destroy the planet. ...................................................................................................................................................... Cartoon of the week Chinese hackers have their work cut out.   Book Review   Wisdom of crowds Shukti Sarma The author could have given us more   FROM the ARCHIVES   Of onions and the real anti-graft war There is a way to fight corruption. We must begin by saying, "We will not pay bribes to get what is rightfully ours". We must say: "We are prepared to wait till the bribe-taker gets tired of waiting for us to come up with the bribes". It will be a long, hard haul in which every individual can and must participate... ...................................................................................................................................................... A matter of priority: The Sea Link or the BRTS? The Sea Link will cost an estimated Rs15,000 crore when it is completed in 15 years, and only a small number of people would use this facility. On the other hand, the Bus Rapid Transit System could cost only about a fifth, it would benefit almost all citizens in the city and would also help in times of disaster ...   FORTHCOMING EVENT   Investor, Empower Yourself, for the first time in Bengaluru on 16th July Moneylife Foundation is holding a day-long seminar, "Investor, Empower Yourself", in Bengaluru, on Saturday, 16 July 2011. Admission is free, To register, please click here for details or message us at mail@mlfoundation.in, or call Shanti Jagadeesh at 080-41556012 (Time: 10 am to 6pm, Monday to Friday)...   To subscribe to this free newsletter log on to www.moneylife.in or email us at newsletter@moneylife.in To get FREE updates via sms click here.

 

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