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26 March 2012   Moneylife Exclusive Cancer Colas: Slowly being outcast by the West, Colas exploit India through unaccountable celebrity endorsements Veeresh Malik Like cigarettes, the West increasingly sees colas as terribly bad for health and shielding their children from it because obesity, diabetes and now cancer are directly linked to these sweet, coloured liquids. For Coke and Pepsi, India, a large market with low awareness, is ripe for exploitation—aided by Bollywood and cricket superstars...   Other ML Exclusives   Threat to RTI in Maharashtra Maharashtra CM dilly-dallies on filling up key state information commission posts. In a reply to Central Information Commissioner's letter to the state CM, the latter replied that "he would keep the matter in his mind", and it still remains there without any action... .................................................................................................................................................... Daily Market Report: Nifty, Sensex to trade with a negative bias Nifty has to close above any previous day's high for the downtrend to reverse... .................................................................................................................................................... Maharashtra Stamp duty hike: "Neither can you afford to own a home, nor take it on rent" As if the spiralling prices were not enough due to cost increase of 5%-15% in cement, steel and labour, the state government is proposing to increase stamp duty on rentals to 160 times... .................................................................................................................................................... Distortions of markets by state-owned banks In every country where they exist, state-owned banks run up massive amounts of bad loans, often politically motivated, that eventually end up the responsibility of the taxpayers. In certain countries there is an even more insidious effect. They distort depositor behaviour sending money where is should never be... .................................................................................................................................................... Corruption in the selection of mid-size 4x4 vehicles for the Indian Army Selection and purchase of motor vehicles for the armed forces has to be done in an open and transparent process. Not necessarily from only the one who has had a monopoly since Independence—and has not done much to upgrade their 4x4 either... .................................................................................................................................................... Kirkuk to Baghdad: Mission accomplished! Having got the site engineer in Kirkuk accept the consignment of pipes and withdraw her 'rejection' note, the journey back to Baghdad had to be completed without any breaks. The 12th part of a series describing the unknown triumphs and travails of doing international business in Asia in the seventies and eighties... .................................................................................................................................................... Don't change aviation policy for Kingfisher Airlines, urge activists Social activists including Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, Prashant Bhusan, Jayati Ghosh, and others have urged the UPA government to change the management and liquidate personal assets of Kingfisher Airlines chairman to save the carrier... .................................................................................................................................................... RTI threatened in Maharashtra, say activists Activists have urged the CM to fill up the posts immediately as RTI applications to various state government departments remain unanswered... .................................................................................................................................................... Market to fall if RBI does not cut rates, says BNP Paribas Since economic growth is slow, there is a justification for a rate cut, hopes the market players...   Personal finance today - Small savings interest rates may go up by 0.25% - Punjab & Sind Bank raises fixed deposit rates by up to 5% - Money order losing charm, users decline by 34% - Protect interest of small investors: FM to SEBI - BoI, TimesofMoney to provide online money transfer service   At a Glance   - Trade deficit may rise to $428 billion by 2015-16: Assocham - Monalisha fined for share price manipulation - 90% issues in initial CAG reports are dropped: Pranab Mukherjee - Govt, RBI to finalise market borrowing plan on 27th March - Foreign institutional investors pump in $387 million in stock markets   Corporate Wrap-up   - ICICI Bank to pay customer for causing loss - Vakrangee Softwares completes generation of 1 crore Aadhaar numbers - Gammon Infra arm signs concession agreement for the Patna-Buxar road project - Maruti to invest Rs2,600 crore on new diesel plant, R&D centre     FROM the ARCHIVES   Lies on coal scam blacken UPA's face more Why did the PMO try a defence that was bound to be exposed within an hour? ...................................................................................................................................................... B Rajaram appeals to the Chief Justice for implementing proven rail safety solutions The former managing director of Konkan Railways feels that there is a strong lobby of bureaucrats who are hand-in-glove with multinational companies in order to get hold of the ACD technology, which is an exclusive patented product of the Railways...   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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