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The Financial Express daily newsletter
Edition of Thursday, November 25, 2004
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THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS
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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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Cabinet to take up FII-FDI issue soon
The government is set to allow foreign institutional investors pick up stake
over and above the foreign direct investment limits in a host of sectors except
banking, insurance, telecom, and civil aviation.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75144
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Aziz nixes hopes of headway
Hopes that Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz�s maiden visit to India would
see some headway being made on pending economic issues were quickly dashed at
his breakfast meeting with mediapersons here on Wednesday.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75145
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Monthly hike in LPG rolled back
The decision came hours after the Left parties asked the government to reduce
the price of cooking gas at the fourth UPA government-Left co-ordination
committee meeting.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75146
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Rs 700 cr HCL preferential issue for Deutsche Bank
In a notification to the The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, the company said that its
board of directors have already approved the allotment, which is subject to the
necessary regulatory and other approvals.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75147
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BOTTOMLINE: Bhakta�s status adds to uncertainty at Reliance
Uncertainty over the status of 73-year old ML Bhakta, one of the senior most
members of the Reliance Industries board, who was reported to have resigned on
Tuesday, continued on Wednesday. RIL put out a media statement saying Mr Bhakta
would �reconsider� his resignation.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75148
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Edits & Columns
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Manage your reputation now!
It takes only a quick look at the advertising rate card of major newspapers to
figure out that Reliance Industries Ltd could have shelled out close to Rs 60
lakh to clarify �ownership issues� in the group�s flagship.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75096
Irreversible momentum
While every new step in the Indo-Pak peace process raises hope of improved
bilateral relations, historical events point to the fact that such plans have
often been a case of one step forward, two steps backward.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75097
Desperately seeking more foreign investments
Paradoxically, there is an all-time high surge in FII investments in India�s
stock markets while foreign direct investments are stable, if not declining.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75095
More in Edits & Columns at http://www.financialexpress.com/edits&columns.html
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Investor
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�Mid-cap rally to be selective in �05-06�
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75137
Sensex at new 9-mth high on FII fund flows
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75140
SAL Steel debuts at 68% premium, closes at 40%
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75141
More in Investor at http://www.financialexpress.com/investor.html
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Money & Banking
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Poor rains may not hit hard, but beware of inflation, cautions RBI
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75131
Centre forms expert panel to study CD ratio-related issues
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75132
HDFC Bank plans to expand retail portfolio to 50% of total
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75133
More in Money & Banking at http://www.financialexpress.com/money&banking.html
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Economy
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Volvo CE to make backhoe loaders in India
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75080
CIL subsidiaries likely to be given more powers
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75081
German cos, CIL brass to discuss ways to execute three projects
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75083
More in Economy at http://www.financialexpress.com/economy.html
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Politics
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Cabinet will take up Left demands on oil, patents
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75111
Anti-Hindu politics won�t be tolerated, says Advani
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75113
Buddha, Centre differ on foreign tie-ups in coal
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75115
More in Politics at http://www.financialexpress.com/politics.html
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Corporate
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ONGC to hold 26% in power generation venture in Tripura
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75099
Cement may cost Rs 5 more per bag from next month
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75100
Chiron Vaccines, Panacea Biotec form joint venture
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75101
More in Corporate at http://www.financialexpress.com/corporate.html
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Fe Insight
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Infrastructure spending and forex
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75077
More power to people of Maharashtra?
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75078
Disclosure: beyond right-to-information
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75079
More in Fe Insight at http://www.financialexpress.com/feinsight.html
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Commodities
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Poor quality hits cotton export prospects
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75142
Breakthrough in bamboo species tissue culture
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75143
More in Commodities at http://www.financialexpress.com/commodities.html
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News
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Sergei Ivanov coming on November 30
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75084
Manmohan to visit Pakistan
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75124
Aziz offers energy corridor
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75126
More in News at http://www.financialexpress.com/news.html
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>From The South
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House panel for single-window clearance model for major irrigation projects
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75149
Leela group's Kannur airport blips on Kerala radar again
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75150
Ford to expand <i>Fusion</i> capacity
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75151
More in From The South at http://www.financialexpress.com/fromthesouth.html
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EFE
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Front Page
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JV best BPO model: report
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75065
MphasiS to shift focus to domestic IT services market
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75070
Goa festival to offer best of Hollywood in hi-tech mode
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75071
More in Front Page at http://www.financialexpress.com/efe/frontpage.html
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Convergence
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�Gurgaon most competitive city in BPO outsourcing�
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75074
BSNL row: HC asks RPG Cables to move tribunal
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75075
Patent law must fully reflect public health concerns: WHO
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=75076
More in Convergence at http://www.financialexpress.com/efe/convergence.html
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