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IIP for May 2015 At A Lousy 2.7%, April's Wow Growth Revised Downwards
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for May 2015 is lower at 2.7% compared to April. Who am I kidding? This is just MISERABLE. This is the kind of number ...
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China: Gotta Buy Those Shares, You Insiders!
From the country of we-will-find-you-and-then-we-will-kill-you if you sell shares: (link) All listed companies, To support shareholding increase by ...
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Humour: Sharon-Bio Says Stock Probably Went Up Because It Had Gone Down Too Much
In what is just hilarious, the management of Sharon Bio-Medicine has this to say to an NSE request for why the price went up: Share Price of our Company has ...
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Has ICICI Prudential Life Taken To Fake Doctors Prescriptions To Avoid Paying Out Claims?
So Manoj Nagpal highlights a consumer forum case in which: Mihan Kisku takes policies worth Rs. 13 lakh from ICICI Pru Life in August 2008 He dies of a heart ...
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International Madness: China Shuts Itself Down, Bans Large Shareholder Sales, NYSE Shuts On A Tech-Glitch
AChina’s continuing to go absolutely bonkers. After a market crash of 30% that still leaves it about 70% higher than a year back, the Chinese Authorities ...
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Optionalysis: And Yet Again, MA20 Shows That Trade as China and Commodities Sink
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Why You Shouldn't Buy ULIPs: After We Confuse You, We Underperform Everything
I don’t generally write about ULIPs but once in a while it’s useful to see how bad these products have been. We wrote a long post about HDFC Crest ...
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