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TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK   Activists urge PM not to bailout Kingfisher Airlines using public funds While there are moves to bailout the ailing airlines using public funds, Kingfisher is offering free wine club memberships and vouchers for premium members... *Does your bank FD pay less interest than your savings account? *Veritas charges DLF of window dressing *Sahara Life Insurance caught for multiple violations; penalised for a mere Rs12 lakh *Another fuel price increase? *Mismanaged bids causes ONGC auction fiasco *Are companies withholding information from the stock exchanges? *Maritime incidents involving fishermen—a deeper issue impacting our global economic status *High court says I-T department filing appeals 'mechanically' *Sesa Goa and Sterlite: A Starlight Marriage? *US intelligence's interest in 'Bhopal updates' grows as London Olympics nears *Anonymously yours: WikiLeaks' latest expose is the next step in cyber-war *Stratfor denies CEO's resignation after WikiLeaks release *Street fighting in Bengaluru-reflective of bigger issues...     BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD   Red-Blooded Risk Aaron Brown TRADE Like an O'Neil Discipline Gil Morales & Dr Chris Kacher Glittering Decades Nayantara Pothen     EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS   The I in BRIC: Indonesia or India William Gamble Investing: Time in the market R Balakrishnan Despite SC judgment, HSC Board refuses copy of answer sheet under RTI Vinita Deshmukh   MARKETS/REGULATION   *Weekly Market Report: Downtrend may persist Nifty to close above 5,460 for uptrend to resume *Sistema Shyam blames SEBI, BSE and NSE for not listing the company   INVESTING/ MUTUAL FUNDS/ INSURANCE   Investing in gold? Moneylife Foundation seminar presented a wide historical canvas and threw light whether one should invest in gold... *Tax savings on health insurance should continue: Max Bupa CEO *Sahara Life Insurance clarifies on investment issues raised by IRDA *Max Bupa launches super top-up policy—Heartbeat High Deductible Plan *Majority of mutual funds underperformed their benchmark indices in last five years *Bharti AXA iProtect renamed as eProtect—what's in a name? *IDFC Balanced Fund-will it perform well?   COMPANIES & SECTORS   Perverse incentives for borrowers like Kingfisher, says Barclays According to Barclays, restructuring loans in India imposes little pain on the borrower like Kingfisher. In fact restructuring debt creates an incentive for borrowers to ask banks to make a 'sacrifice', it said... *Realty prices increase during the December quarter: National Housing Bank *Robust sales and poor earnings in December quarter *New packaging regulations may affect growth and margins *82% of engineers unemployable in the IT sector: Aspiring Minds survey *Indian wine for Canadian connoisseurs *Need to improve pulses yield says IPGA     Public Interest   Satyam Bhruyaath, Priyam Bhruyaath, Na Bhruyaath Satyam Apriyam! Once our politicians become healthy they will automatically become good human beings. They would empathise with the suffering majority to understand their sorrow and try to ameliorate their curse. Greed, anger, arrogance, corruption, and even unhealthy competition will all disappear from the political scenario... *Needed: A longer guest list for Kingfisher bash for wooing Twitter critics *Dubai Landing... *Dubai Landing—teething troubles *Supreme Court Verdicts: Lesson learnt? *Grow more food—a journey from land to harvest *Sleeper Buses: Are they safe? *TeTrun joins the long list of "get-rich-quick" schemes   TROTTER NAMA: THE WORLD AROUND US   Dali & Lijiang With modern four- and six-lane highways linking major towns, inexpensive rail links and excellent air connections, it is easy to make a 7-10-day tour to the beautiful province of Yunnan, says Jaideep Mukerji... .   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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