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TOP STORIES   Terror attacks cannot keep Sensex down Over the past 20 years Mumbai has suffered several terror attacks. Surprisingly, the market has been up the next day... *Blood, sweat and real estate—bomb attacks in a city convulsing towards suicide *Government loses crores of rupees worth of royalty from quarrying; international traders rake it in *Beware of pyramid schemes. They seem lucrative, but will collapse inevitably, warns Sucheta Dalal *Collective Investment Schemes: How gullible investors continue to lose money *Have mutual funds missed one of the biggest and obvious trends? *Cabinet reshuffle: Medicine cabinet has been re-arranged, but toilet is still filthy *The stock of SKS Microfinance, the do-gooding company, is now a punter's play *The lazy portfolio *Is this a Humpty Dumpty government? Or can the PM pick up the pieces? *RBI's timely gold purchase results in huge $3.78 billion gain *Warning signs of the deepening euro zone crisis have been inexplainably ignored     Markets / Regulations   Wild fluctuations in prices of select stocks on BSE as connectivity is disrupted in pre-market trade Bombay Stock Exchange describes it as a technical glitch. But it is not the first time this has happened and there is no explanation from the stock exchange or the market regulator why the so-called glitch keeps happening repeatedly... *Are the Nifty and the Sensex flawed? *The 5,400 level is holding, but the Nifty has to cross the trendline resistance at 5,655 for further upside *Weekly Market Report: In a range *Fortnightly Market View: Signal Yellow? *Market valuation: Is the Sensex undervalued? Commodities   Experts say no need to worry about lower crop on account of early monsoon deficit There have been concerns about the possible impact on agri-commodities following an official report about lower than average rainfall so far... Investing (Stocks / Mutual Funds)   Mystery behind the sudden rise of Money Matters stock Stock of scam-tainted company gains 30% in five days; has doubled in value from a low of Rs47.35 in May... *Single premium ULIPs get a push even as insurance business gets bogged down *Foreign funds: Distant investing *Montier's 7 laws of investing: Risk is not a number *Unquoted: Ankush finstock, Autoriders finance Companies & Sectors   Infosys Q1 net up 15.7% to Rs1,722 crore; stock slips over 5% Wage hikes and intense competition from rivals puts pressure on quarterly performance of country's number two software services exporter... *Capital goods performance expected to drop on capex suspensions *Profit growth of auto makers expected to slow down in first quarter; two-wheelers riding well *Pharma firms expected to register mixed performance in Q1 *Booming interest in Indian healthcare industry *'We plan to make the Wellspring healthcare model work by not being greedy' *Real estate prices: Something's got to give *Slowdown in approval of new projects in Mumbai intensifies drop in registration of property sales in June   Personal Finance (Banking / Insurance)   Does your insurance policy cover loss due to terror attacks? The terror attack in Mumbai heightens the need for personal accident policy to cover losses due to terrorism, as the government compensation may be too small to make up for the loss of wages due to disability or death of a breadwinner... *Health plan: LIC's Jeevan Arogya—competitive health insurance *Delay in uploading TDS data on NSDL web site inconveniences taxpayers Life (public interest / politics / books / advertising)   A train called hope: Almost all of India is on this track After taking a round-trip across the country, here is the key take-away: A number of our citizens are surviving on hope. Urban citizens should stop thinking that they decide things—ending this sequence of scams is the least we can do... *Public activism: Cleansing the system *Proper implementation of Section 4 of RTI Act a must, says consultant to government *Prime minister makes minor changes in much-awaited Cabinet reshuffle *The journey of a microfinance industry that has gone horribly wrong *Postal department acknowledges sharp decline in use of post cards and inland letters over past decade *Anti-theft fittings: Loot,boot & scoot *Titan HTSE: Twisted creative   TROTTER NAMA: THE WORLD AROUND US   In the shadow of Kanchenjunga Jaideep Mukerji explores this former Himalayan monarchy's stunning mountain landscapes, rich Buddhist culture and relatively short distances—that make it an ideal destination for avid trekkers and travellers who want to savour the culture... .   BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD   The Little book of Alternative Investments BEN STEIN & PHIL DEMUTH On China HENRY KISSINGER Expected returns ANTTI ILMANEN EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS   Credit ratings agencies: The truth does not belong to any one William Gamble   Small things do matter a lot for the safety and convenience of pedestrians Sudhir Badami Infomedia Yellow Pages: Don't know their customer Anil Thakraney   FORTHCOMING EVENT   Understanding pyramid schemes Sucheta Dalal explains how pyramid schemes lure and con so many people, at a workshop at the Moneylife Knowledge Centre, on Saturday, 23 July 2011. To register call Dione/Judith/Seraphina on (022) 2444 1058-60 or email us at mail@mlfoundation.in. For details click here...   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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