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Direct Tax Grows [Only] 3.69% in H1 2010
ET: Direct tax kitty grows 3.69% The Centre has collected 3.10 per cent more in direct taxes in September at Rs 64,737 compared to the same period last year. ...
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Government double standards: Reduce CEO pay, but we'll keep our bungalows
A government dictat, or the threat of it, does not rile me much anymore; especially when the Congress government rules. Oh well, any government, but ...
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Algo Trading Scaling Up in India
LiveMint: Algo trading “encouraging” in India, says Goldman The resurgence of interest in the Indian markets in the past six months has spawned a ...
Commentary
Gold is a Reasonable Investment: GW
George Washington writes in at Naked Capitalism on whether Gold is a Reasonable Investment. It’s an excellent compendium of links, articles and opinion ...
Commentary
Linkfest: Shadow Inventories, New Normals, Bridges to Nowhere
Random links: U.S. “Shadow Inventory” Crosses 7 million houses. With real estate developers going gung-ho again in India, and rising RE prices, it ...
General
Microfinance In a Spot Of Trouble
Ketaki Gokhale in the WSJ: “A credit crisis is brewing in Microfinance” Here in Ramanagaram, a silk-making city in southern India, Zahreen Taj ...
Charts & Analysis
Inflation at 0.12%, cause for worry?
A little late perhaps, but the most recent inflation chart: (Click for a larger image) If the prices continue at the long term trend levels we will see index ...
General
SoS: Stopped out of everything.
So 5,000 has been broken on the Nifty and the WIDE stops on the Short Only strategy have been hit. I was expecting a move up but was thinking it would stop ...
Commentary
IMF wants to sell 408 tons of gold, China's thinking of buying
IMF plans to sell 12.5% of its gold reserves, 403 tons worth: The International Monetary Fund has approved a sale of 403 metric tonnes of gold reserves, in a ...
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