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Asian shares contract after recent rally, euro holds tight on ECB hopes

Aug 22, 2012

Asian shares fell after recent rally but the euro held near a seven-week high on Wednesday on views the European Central Bank will act to rein in surging eurozone borrowing costs #Whileyouweresleeping #Asian markets #Wall Street #MSCI
Chart: India tops MSCI indices in 2012, will the party last?

Jul 06, 2012

Indian equities have risen 13.1 percent followed by the US (8.3 percent) and Poland (6 percent). Brazil, with a fall of 9.5 percent, was the worst performer. #Sensex #nifty #ChartView #MSCI
L&T a winner on Q4 results, Bharti bleeds on money laundering probe

May 15, 2012

Markets seem to holding the gains as the Sensex is up 150 points to 16,365 while the Nifty has gained 42 points to 4,950. The gains could be attributed to the improvement in the European markets #BSE #Futures contract #MSCI World #MarketWatch #Nilesh Shah

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After disastrous 2011, Indian equities may have tough 2012 too

Jan 20, 2012

The Indian equities market has clearly been a disaster in 2011, turning out to be among the worst performers. But 2012 does not look too bright either #Inflation #BSE Sensex #Economics #Investment #HSBC #MSCI
Making sense of the Sensex: Why 2011 may not be 2008

Aug 17, 2011

The weak flows of foreign portfolio flows this year and the relatively sedate valuations of Indian stocks may make 2011 less like 2008 for investors. #Sensex #Inflation #RBI #Duvvuri Subbarao #BSE #SmartMoney #MSCI

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MSCI relegates PSO to Frontier Markets Small Caps Index

2013-05-16 20:41:00

“PSO has been added to the 15 Pakistani stocks in the MSCI FM Small Caps earlier, while Jahangir Siddiqui Company, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines and Lotte Chemicals Pakistan have been deleted,” says Khurram. PHOTO: FILE MSCI – a firm that provides global be #Pakistan #PPL #Qatar
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Wockhardt, 3 other shares up on MSCI India index inclusion

2013-05-16 09:29:00

New to Moneycontrol - Sign up now Username should be atleast 4 characters Keep me signed in Donât have an account? Investors are betting that the inclusion of these stocks in the MSCI Index would attract interest from global fund managers who track the i #India #Apollo Hospitals #GlaxoSmithKline Inc
Indian Express
MSCI India adds Wockhardt, OIL, GSK Consumer, Apollo Hospitals

2013-05-16 08:26:00

Please read our terms of use before posting comments Apollo Hospitals, Oil India, Wockhardt and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare have been added to the MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) India index. The changes will take place after the clos #Apollo Hospitals #India #GlaxoSmithKline Inc

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Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.

Ashwani to be shifted, Bansal to be booted? PM will decide

The fate of the two ministers is reportedly in the hands of the Prime Minister who has been told to take a final call.
How the Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode diminishes India

The Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode shows that for all of India’s attempts to project itself as an emerging global power, with a footprint larger than just the South Asian peninsula, it is unable to break out of its hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.
Changing dynamics: Is low-cost flying becoming really high cost?

Consumers may have to pay a high price for both the lower price and increased choice.
Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate popcorn film

Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate summer blockbuster film. It is impeccably tailored to please both the Trekkies and the non-geeks, genre lovers as well as the average moviegoer.