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SPECIAL: WHEN THE PRESIDENT RETIRES...   The story of two soldiers who took on the Supreme Commander Commander Ravindra Pathak (retd) and Col Suresh Patil (retd) who have been campaigning against excess defence land being taken by President Pratibha Patil are well known activists in Pune. Let's see how far their tenacity takes them in this campaign which is connected with the highest chair in this country... *Protest against President's land grab set to spread countrywide *Trees cut illegally for President Pratibha Patil's Pune bungalow? *Ministry of defence had questioned 'precedence' of allocating defence land for President Pratibha Patil's retirement home   ADVT TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK   How you can get ripped off by the staff of insurance company themselves! Many implicitly trust insurance companies. We present you the chilling story of what can happen when a gullible customer walks into an insurance office... *Can we hold celebrities responsible for products that cheat? *Cereal Offenders *Given a second chance, I will present the same Rail Budget, says Dinesh Trivedi *I would have changed the face of Indian Railways in five years *Max New York Life ad shows off its ethics but will it turn into a self-parody? *SEBI misrepresents public information on PMS as fiduciary; offers mindless response to simple RTI query *Vijay Mallya: Habitually broke? *SEBI: Curious property buying binge *CIC fines own CPIO for delaying information     SPECIAL: MUMBAI RAIL MESS   Mumbai rail network is the most vulnerable Any small incident like signal failure can bring the suburban rail network across Mumbai to a halt. The question, however, is why the Railways do not have any backup system in place? *Mumbai rail mess shows how off-track the Indian Railways is *Does Mumbai have a disaster mitigation plan?   BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD   Offshore Gaurav Ratogi & Basab Pradhan Poor Economics Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo The Other Country Mrinal Pande EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS   Bees Saal Baad: Markets at the Crossroads Sucheta Dalal Use your PAN card carefully Veeresh Malik China's slowing GDP William Gamble MARKETS/REGULATION   *Weekly Market Report: Market indecisive The Nifty has to break the range of 5,230 and 5,340 for further direction... *Another scary weekend selloff but crucial support level holds! *Reliance Q4 net profit down 21% to Rs4,236 crore   ADVT COMPANIES & SECTORS   Rate cuts not incentive enough for homebuyers An analyst with a brokerage firm commented that it would take more cuts and a longer period of time for sentiments to revive because this is one single cut in interest rates, whereas over the last two years the RBI has raised rates 13 times... *Flat owners urge Maharashtra government to retain MOFA *Bad Advertising: End of tolerance *TV Channnels: Throwing in the towel? *Statutory Audit or Forensic Audit? *New look benefits from Indian airlines for frequent flyers   ECONOMY   RBI Monetary Policy: Here is the trailer, wait for the movie to hit the screens On most of the significant policy issues—implementation of Basle III, NBFC regulation, gold loan companies, securitisation guidelines, etc, all that we have in the policy are datelines for policies to be announced by the RBI. There is more in the offing than we have in the policy, reducing the much-awaited policy to be trailer for a movie to hit the screens... *RBI surprises with 50 bps cut in repo, bank rate *Indian consumers are pessimistic about the economy     PUBLIC INTEREST   Financial Literacy Course: Avoid money traps and be sensibly insured In a first of its kind, Moneylife Foundation conducts an eight-part financial literacy programme spread over two days in Mumbai... *Financial Literacy Course: Plan properly, drown out the noise and invest smartly *Bedside Medicine: A Forgotten Art *Right step to weed out corruption: 'On Time' service delivery enactments *Low-powered amplification distributed sound system could eliminate indiscriminate use of loudspeakers *Romney's Money   HISTORY   Setting up a joint venture plant in Muscat Following the success of setting up the garment factory at the Jebel Ali Fee Zone, Finetex was invited to set up a joint venture plant in Muscat. The 23nd part of a series describing the unknown triumphs and travails of doing international business... *Good workmanship has its rewards *Team-building at Finetex   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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