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TOP STORIES SEBI Chairman's appointment: buck stops at the PM An accusatory letter by a Whole Time Member, an unusual writ petition by some eminent citizens, an explosive rebuttal by the finance ministry and the buck of senior appointments at the capital market watchdog again stops at the Prime Minister... *'The media industry needs an independent regulating authority with teeth' *Media: Introspection & Paid News *Best mutual fund schemes? Please don't ask your banker about it! *RBI sees bad loans of Rs5 lakh crore from power, realty and infra *FinMin challenges eminent citizen's petition on SEBI appointments *John Paulson, one of the biggest gold bulls, exits a third of his gold ETF holdings *RBI to discuss Damodaran committee recommendations with IBA *Defaulting industrialists list is already there buried on CIBIL site *Award winning Sahayata Microfinance is the latest to go astray *Ayurvedic Death: Medicines adulterated with steroids and heavy metals- Part 1 *Online term life insurance – Race to the bottom? Markets (Regulations) Weekly Market Report: Minor gains possible Medium-term trend shows a negative bias still... *Magnitude of the fall unexpected, but a temporary bottom likely this week *Advocate seeks to be impleaded in the SEBI appointment case *MCX directly contacts customers about MF Global payouts *Who Should Regulate Indian Micro-Finance? Investing (Mutual Funds) Will ICICI Pru US Blue Chip Equity Fund pull off what 90% of US fund managers cannot? Most US fund managers cannot beat the popular benchmark S&P500 over the long term. Will this new fund ICICI Pru be able to achieve this difficult task? *Equity schemes net Rs210 crore in October *IDBI Dynamic Bond Fund, a concept that looks good only on paper *Union KBC Asset Allocation Fund, an open ended hybrid scheme. Is it worth it? *Union KBC's Dynamic Bond Fund Insurance IRDA chairman admits pension plans were mis-sold IRDA chairman appears to inclined towards the idea of guaranteed pension product even after scrapping of the 4.5% p.a guarantee. According to him, the pension ULIPs sold prior to 1 September 2010 were mis-sold as it was not really sold for pension needs... *There are grey areas in mediclaim portability guidelines, says Subramanyam Companies&Sectors Times Private Treaties buys Karuturi stake by paying 380% premium The media company's infamous 'ads-for-equity' unit bought stake at huge premium in Karuturi Global, a company that is on a free fall with its shares trading 88% below since recent high in October last year... *Builders keeping prices high despite rising inventory and debts *Thought of Kingfisher bailout irks activists, bankers *Resurgere: Underground *Commercial real estate overall paints a bleak picture Public Interest Wellness versus illness The ghost of Adverse Drug Reactions staring at our face as the biggest cause of death in modern medicine, could be avoided if we follow the holistic management of illnesses to bring man back to his/her state of wellness... *In Rajya Sabha 140 MPs fail to disclose financial info *Niira Radia: Shop Closed *Inspection reports of co-operative banks should be made public by RBI, rules CIC *CIC says disclose inspection reports of apex cooperative banks as well *Police to track online activities of MLM companies *61 major railway accidents this year, though there has been a steady decrease over the years *Clean nuclear power possible through cold fusion *Do banks care for a customer? *Goa Governor eats humble pie; High Court says he also comes under RTI Act *Infotech company selling 'home-based jobs' and UID kits for easy money SPECIAL SERIES on SEA PIRACY Piracy at sea and the commerce behind it –Part 1 The long term solution to piracy lies in the world reverting to ships flying with the flag of their own nationality, not flags of convenience... *Piracy at sea and the commerce behind it –Part 2 TROTTER NAMA: THE WORLD AROUND US Kinnaur and Spiti: Back in Time Jaideep Mukerji gives a glimpse of an ancient culture that is fast disappearing... . BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD The Mirror Test Jeffrey W Hayzlett The House that Bogle Built McGraw Hill Loose Martin Thomas EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS Investing locally William Gamble Corporate Scams: Getting Away Easily Sucheta Dalal How organic is your natural food? Veeresh Malik 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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