The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, January 30, 2011

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Mobile operators have to pay market-based price for air waves
Sibal delinks licence from spectrum in 2G policy overhaul. In a bid to make 2G spectrum allocation more transparent, the Communications and IT Minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, on Saturday announced a complete overhaul of the existing policy by ...

New players may have to cough up more
The revamped 2G spectrum allocation policy will put more pressure on new operators who were given cellular licences in ...

Building unity: (From rig... Where the FIIs placed their bets in 2010
With domestic investors staying put on the sidelines, it is the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) who now hold sway on which stocks and sectors will deliver market-beating returns. Here is a look at the recent shifts in ...

Costlier commodities dent Maruti's profit
Adverse forex changes, higher royalty pull net 18% down. Maruti Suzuki has reported an 18 per cent drop in net profit to Rs 565 crore (Rs 687 crore) for the third quarter ended December 31. The company attributed this to adverse foreign exchange ...

Steel majors to hike prices by up to Rs 1,500/t
Input costs rise forces spike in tune with global trend. Mumbai, Jan. 29 With the sharp rise in iron ore and coking coal prices, steel companies are set to hike prices by Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 a tonne in February. Though manufacturers such as ...

A man who feels the pulse of the market
NEW SEBI CHIEF. Mr Upendra Kumar Sinha, tipped to be the next Chairman of SEBI, will be no stranger to the organisation if he takes charge of the Board on February 17; the 59-year old will be the sixth SEBI Chairman and can have a five-year ...

Index Outlook: Market entering a cloudy patch
The vagaries of stock markets were once more on display last week. Stocks put up a gritty show in the run-up to the monetary policy and even managed to climb higher after the policy rate hikes announcement. Just as market participants ...

OnMobile Global Services: Buy
OnMobile Global Services is well placed to benefit from the rising demand for mobile value-added services, with telecom tariffs stabilising and the launch of 3G services. Given its return to the growth path and strengthening ...

Cadila Healthcare: Buy
Good results, bright prospects in the domestic and export markets and better growth expectations from its joint venture companies make Cadila Healthcare a good investment bet for the long-term. At the current market price of Rs 812, the ...

M&M Financial Services: Buy
With automobile and commercial vehicle makers making a big push into rural and semi-urban areas, credit needs in these markets are likely to explode. Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (Mahindra Finance), which funds tractors, ...

Castrol India: Buy
An automotive segment in high gear, premium product mix, and a formidable brand bode well for the prospects of Castrol India, a leading player in the lubricants market in the country. Also, the company has been consistently posting ...

Quantum Long Term Equity: Invest
Quantum Long Term Equity Fund's ability to generate higher-than-market returns over the long term with relatively less volatility than most other equity diversified funds makes it an ideal choice for a core portfolio. The fund's three-year ...

Query Corner: Bajaj Auto in medium-term correction
Can we buy Indiabulls Securities and JSW energy at current levels? ...

Pivotals
RIL tumbled 7 per cent with strong volumes last week. It is currently testing the lower boundary of its medium-term range. The weekly indicators have entered into the negative territory. Conclusive decline below Rs 900 will pull the stock down ...

Sizzling Stocks
After testing its key long-term support in the band between Rs 250 and Rs 260, the stock nose-dived 11.6 per cent last week, conclusively breaking through it. The stock has been on an intermediate-term downtrend from its October 2009 peak of ...

Stock Strategy: Consider going short on ACC, MRF
ACC (Rs 981): Last week's carnage triggered a fresh selling in ACC, changing its outlook to negative. ACC now finds a crucial support at Rs 970, and a close below that could weaken it to Rs 858 first and then even to Rs 814. Only a close above ...

Textile mills look at export window for relief
With cotton yarn prices dropping to Rs 220 a kg from Rs 240 a few weeks ago, textile mills are looking to the Centre for some relief in the form of raised ...

Dissector: CNX Bank Index
In our March 2010 review of CNX Bank Index (Bank Nifty) we had written that sideways move between 8,000 and 9,500 can be followed by a surge towards the index's previous peak of 10,775. In line with our expectation, the index moved sideways ...