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  • Norms for public offers by insurance companies soon - The norms for public offer of shares by insurance companies will be issued soon, which will allow Indian promoters to dilute stake or issue fresh shares to fund the capital intensive business.
  • SKS Micro's IPO lands in controversy - The disputes involve two charitable microfinance organisations that helped Mr Akula put SKS on its feet.
  • Wall Street marks best month in a year in July - While major indexes each posted 7% gains, it came during low volume & followed a combined decline of nearly 14% for May & June. Stocks: Gainers, losers | Q1 results
  • India's peripatetic middle powers MakeMyTrip IPO - The company commands half of Web travel-agency bookings in India, where a rising middle class is increasingly on the go. Moreover, MakeMyTrip is growing faster than the market.
  • Foreign Exchange intervention may be a losing game - The adverse effects of currency intervention, as a recent foray by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) shows, may deter governments in major economies from entering into an increasingly losing game.
  • Looking back at Jhunjhunwala\'s good, bad and silly stocks - There isn\'t any telltale sign of this ace investor turning 50. In a freewheeling interview with CNBCTV18\'s managing editor Udayan Mukherjee, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala admits that \'age\' hasn\'t mellowed him down nor has it stopped him from being a ladies\' man. This man with Midas touch nonchalantly says he finds Sushmita Sen hot.
  • Longonly funds, FIIs comprise 6065% of EIL FPO: ICICI Sec - The followon public offer of Engineers India has received a good response. In an interview with CNBCTV18, Madhabi Puri Buch, MD CEO, ICICI Securities, gave her perspective on how the issue has fared.
  • 20 stocks you must own - Last year, we suggested a portfolio to take advantage of fallen valuations. This year our theme is capital conservation for decent returns
  • Invested in nonlinear initiatives during downturn: Premji - Over the last two years, Wipro has weathered a dramatic swing in business demand courtesy the recession in the US and now the uncertainty in Europe. In an exclusive interview to CNBC\'s Christine Tan, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji spoke on how the company has been able to weather the storm.
  • Boom or doom: What lies ahead for mkts post earnings? - A broadly disappointing earnings season coupled with no positive cues from a sidewaysmoving global market, has created huge uncertainty about where the bourses are headed.
  • Recent issues show primary market looking up - Pricing, company fundamentals make for promising launch.
  • Two stocks under scanner after excessive volatility - The stocks of two recently-listed companies, Aster Silicate and Emami Infrastructure, have come under the regulators scanner after unusual price volatility in the past three trading sessions.
  • Sebi allows bourses to start currency options - The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has approved the launch of exchange-traded currency options on the rupee-dollar spot rate. The move is expected to boost the turnover of the exchange-traded currency derivatives segment, where only futures trading is currently available.
  • Low pressure rain raises hope of normal output in Orissa - The projected kharif production of 7.46 million tonnes includes 6.3 million tonnes paddy, with the remaining being cereals, pulses and vegetables.
  • Grain output up in Tamil nadu, despite less rain - Uses precision farming to overcome water shortage.
  • Food inflation down to single digit at 9.67 pc - Inflation fell by 2.80 percentage points as prices of vegetables, especially potatoes and onions, declined.
  • Vedanta defends human rights record after protests - Vedanta denies that the mine to extract the raw material to make aluminium in Orissa would harm the indigenous people.
  • Satyam founder Raju seeks bail, cites ill health - He claims that CBI is trying to falsely implicate him in the multi-crore accounting fraud at Satyam.
  • Hike in key rates will ease inflation: Pranab - New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India's decision on Tuesday to raise key rates will lead to an easing of inflation while keeping economic growth on track, said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The RBI raised interest rates more forcefully than expected in the face of inflation that has held stubbornly above 10 per cent for the past five months.
  • RBI hikes key interest rates to fix inflation - The central bank hiked key interest rates more than expected on Tuesday to combat high inflation and raised its growth and inflation forecasts for the year. The Reserve Bank of India hiked the repo rate -- at which the central bank makes short-term loans to commercial banks -- by 25 basis points to 5.75 percent. It raised the reverse repo rate -- the rate at which it borrows from commercial banks -- by an unexpected 50 basis points, to 4.5 percent.