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TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK
 
Satyamev Jayate: Will it charge up the nation?
Undoubtedly a hit, but will Aamir Khan create a social movement and emerge the new hope for Indians desperately seeking a leader? It is too soon to tell, argues Sucheta Dalal...

*Satyamev Jayate: Follow the money trail to catch a criminal
*Satyamev Jayate: Following the money trail—Part 2
*President Pratibha Patil's luxurious home continues to be built

*Did New India Assurance overcharge lakhs of mediclaim policyholders? - I
*Is anyone keeping eye on ammonium nitrate movement in India, asks EAS Sarma
*IRDA consumer education website: Real or surreal?
*Catch them with hands in the till; CAG reports are post-mortems
*Unauthorised construction at Mayawati's official bungalows in Delhi
*Pratibha Patil's Bungalow: President Should Set an Example
*More Enrons in sight in India?
*The Finance Bill 2012 as passed in Lok Sabha: What are the implications?
*RBI's final securitisation guidelines may leave the market cold
*Health Care: Diseases for sale

 
ADVT
MARKETS/REGULATION
 
*Weekly Market Report: Short upmove possible in the second half of the week
Nifty may find support at around 4,880...

*Bulls desperate for some support as trend firmly down

*Escorts' promoters taking trust route to increase voting control

*Vikas WSP: Operators continue to play their games while SEBI sleeps?

 
 
BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD
 

MERCHANTS OF TAMILAKAM
KANAKALATHA MUKUND

AND ALL IS SAID
Zareer Masani

GRANDEUR OF THE LION
Carl Muller

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EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS
 
Courts should refrain from staying legally valid orders
Shailesh Gandhi
Foreign brands: Shop till you drop!
William Gamble
Fuel Efficiency: Poor standards
Veeresh Malik
INVESTING/ MUTUAL FUND/ INSURANCE
 
Car insurance: "Higher loss ratio is in diesel car segment"
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority recently raised third-party motor premium, which is still under tariff. KN Murali, senior vice president & head – Motor vertical, Bharti AXA General Insurance talks about impact of IRDA changes...

*Life Insurance: Toxic plans

*Mis-selling: Banker's dozen

*DSP BlackRock Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund: Aiming to time the market

*IPOs: Avoid Them

*Equity Mutual Funds: Lowest sales in the last three years in April 2012

 
COMPANIES & SECTORS
 
Kingfisher Airlines no more a subsidiary: UB Holding
In February, Kingfisher allotted shares to banks and financial institutions against optionally convertible debentures, thus reducing stake of UB Holding. The question is who are these smart bankers who put money into the carrier which has been reporting losses since its inception...
*Excise duty on gold jewellery rolled back
*Advertising of prescription drugs by pharma companies shocks govt panel
*Cipla breached patent rights alleges Bayer
*Carborundum Universal to invest Rs200 crore for expansion with promising growth prospects
*Lupin Laboratories Q4 net profit falls 33% on higher tax outflow
*Health ministry sets up committee to examine report on irregularities in drugs approval
*Sintex has reported 35% decline in net profit amidst looming FCCB repayment date
*IRB Infrastructure tanks 41.4% as its chairman is investigated in a murder case
 
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
 
Air travellers stranded as pilot strike hit flights
Aviation minister Ajit Singh says that the aviation industry and Air India are passing through a tough phase due to high price of ATF, high service tax along with airport charges. Why are Indigo, GoAir and SpiceJet less affected?
Bangalore flat owners suffer from a plethora of problems
Live from a lounge: 6 Great online options
Measure your Facebook addiction
 
CAREERS
 
Are you hiring correctly? -1
You can't select a candidate just because he was an outstanding performer in his previous job. Neither can you reject one because of mediocre performance in his last role. Are companies thinking creatively?
Are you hiring correctly? -2
Job Interview: Loaded questions
 
PUBLIC INTEREST
 
Disclose details of Babu Jagjivan Ram's bungalow, orders CIC
Central Information Commission, acting on a RTI appeal filed by Delhi-based activist Subhash Agrawal, ordered that for the sake of transparency, "all the information relating to the allotment, occupation and use of the bungalow at 6, Krishna Menon Marg, should be brought out in the public domain"...

*State-wide campaign in Gujarat for filing RTI for answer sheets in order to curb student suicides
*Will RBI consider preferential rate of interest to disabled?
*Jagan Reddy under a tighter grip
*Bank of America begins principal-forgiveness program
*US presidency: The president and the Muslim world
*Probe former CJI KG Balakrishnan: Supreme Court
*Tejinder Singh, under cloud and battered by the courts, withdraws plea for CBI probe against Army Chief
*The prescription drugs involved in more overdose deaths than cocaine and heroin combined
*No information on MLMs, says MCA
*"Mere paas Maa nahin, Mom hai"

 
HISTORY
 
Beginning hotel life at the Courtyard
Though the author had stayed in some of the top hotels in the world as a guest, this was the first time he was on the opposite side of the table, taking care of the guests. The 31st part of a series describing the unknown triumphs and travails of doing international business...
Let's go west: Landing in the US
Uneasy truce at the office
 
BEYOND MONEY: FOR THOSE WHO NEED A HELPING HAND
 
An autonomous enterprise, SWaCH provides front-end waste management services, Savita Narayan reports
 
 
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