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6 March 2012   Moneylife Exclusive Investor Issues: Hear no evil Sucheta Dalal Over the past two years, Moneylife Foundation, our not-for-profit financial literacy organisation, has realised that a big problem with policy-making today is that nobody listens to the ordinary saver.Hence, frustrated savers are pulling money out of the market and mutual funds and putting in bank fixed deposits!     Other ML Exclusives   White label ATMs proposed by RBI— need to make them safe and user friendly The introduction of white label ATMs will not be an unmixed blessing, unless RBI keeps a tight vigil over their operations. Whether they will prove white elephants or not will depend on what safety precautions will be mandated by RBI to be complied with by all the stakeholders... .................................................................................................................................................... Daily Market Report: Shares prices headed lower Nifty may see the level of 5,160 and then 5,100. a close above the previous day's high may signal the end of the downtrend... .................................................................................................................................................... Sterlite Mergers: Another self-serving move? It was perplexing that a company, listed in London, would spend so much money to broadcast its CSR activities on prime time TV. The truth was evident a few weeks later. Once again, Anil Agarwal's corporate empire was attempting to push through a self-serving restructuring process... .................................................................................................................................................... Dazzle 'em and down 'em with paraprosdokians Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of the sentence or phrase is surprising or antithetical, but most often humorous. Winston Churchill was a master of paraprosdokians and often floored his opponents in Parliament with them... .................................................................................................................................................... Bank problems? Approach the Banking Ombudsman, it helps In many cases like wrong reporting to CIBIL, upgrading credit card without consent, mis-selling and blank clause in loan agreement by banks, the Ombudsman has ruled in favour of the customer... .................................................................................................................................................... NHAI to miss target of building 2,500 km roads in FY11-12: Report NHAI's execution rate has been positive on a y-o-y basis from the current 5.8 km per day as compared to 4.9 km/day, but it is still insufficient to meet the target... ....................................................................................................................................................     .................................................................................................................................................................. Personal finance today - Consumerism fostering corporate frauds: E&Y survey - Airtel ties up with merchants for mobile wallet service - Insurers lost over Rs30,000 crore due to frauds in 2011: Indiaforensic study - HDFC Bank launches "Bharosa Gold Loan" for rural markets     At a Glance   - Agriculture minister seeks PM's intervention to lift cotton export ban - Govt's stake in ONGC down to 69% following stake sale - Electricity export to India possible: Iranian minister - Credible roadmap needed to cut fiscal deficit: Crisil - EGoM decides to free 700 Mhz spectrum band for 4G services   Corporate Wrap-up   - Patel Engg wins Rs377-cr urban infra projects - Subex wins multi-million dollar deal from Middle Eastern mobile operator - Ranbaxy launches Atorvastatin in Germany - Axis Bank, NIIT IFBI launch diploma program in retail banking     FROM the ARCHIVES   Kingfisher Airlines: Flying high at public expense Kingsfisher, which has survived with the help of loans from public sector banks and a favourable aviation ministry, now wants more! ...................................................................................................................................................... Fuel adulteration—a sting in the tail There is a real danger for people who have taken stands especially when using the RTI Act of India 2005, but then one will not live forever. And also, there is some truth in the saying that it all comes around eventually...   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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