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20 August 2012   Moneylife Exclusive Can Chidambaram play 'King Canute' of divestment? Moneylife Digital Team Finance Minister P Chidambaram has made it a point that divestment target of Rs30,000 crore be met despite lack of reforms, poor performance of PSU shares and deep market apathy on the part of retail investors...   ADVT Other ML Exclusives   Human Resources: Price of inequity Can India keep running away from Bharat? ............................................................................................................................................. Betting against China Capitalist investors from developed countries who decry government regulators maintain an unshaken and devout faith in the power of Chinese state intervention to stimulate growth. I believe they would have more luck at the gaming tables in Macau... .............................................................................................................................................. Goldman Sachs pessimistic? Maintains S&P 500 year end target of 1250 Goldman Sachs's recent note maintains that S&P 500 will be 1250 at year's end, when currently it is at 1418 signifying huge downside... .............................................................................................................................................. Let's have a Coal Mela Even those who were allocated blocks of coal could not extract it. What we need a strong move to get coal out of the mines... ............................................................................................................................................... About 10 lakh bank employees to go on strike on 22-23 August Employees from around 47 banks are planning to go on a two-day strike on 22nd-23rd August to protest the proposed reforms in the banking sector and outsourcing of jobs... .............................................................................................................................................. Why not regulate and supervise microfinance investment vehicles in their country of incorporation? Governments and regulators in countries where MIVs tend to flourish should start looking inward and bring in the least required regulation/supervision and minimum standards for MIVs to operate responsibly... .............................................................................................................................................. The God Particle: Unscientific Claims? The CERN scientists tried to pull a long one on the gullible public by declaring that the God particle that they claim to have found would tell us about the origin of this world! This is an unscientific claim, to say the least... .............................................................................................................................................. Social groups, others also targeting UPA over CAG report on coal Several social groups have been asking the Prime Minister to take responsibility of the coal gate and other financial scams as the head of the UPA government... ............................................................................................................................................... At a Glance   - India orders blocking of over 230 Internet pages, user-accounts for spreading hate - Black money: Export, import operators under government scanner - Pakistan suspends mobile services to stop possible attacks - Four fraudsters held in AP for running money-spinning schemes     Corporate Wrap-up   - Maruti Suzuki to lift Manesar lockout on Tuesday under police presence - Housing finance companies may see higher interest margin in H2: report - PSBs may seek more time to comply with bulk deposit norms - Tata Realty to invest over Rs1,700 crore in next two-three years - L&T Financial Services calls for changes in norms for NBFCs - Reliance Cap to expand Nippon Life partnership     Personal Finance   - EPFO considering minimum pension of Rs1,000 per month - Reliance Life to introduce fixed salary for advisors - SEBI to consider 'safety net' for IPO investors next month - TDS not deductible from compensation: NCDRC - ICICIdirect to launch BSE derivatives trading from 21st August - Canara Bank to launch life insurance cover scheme - Expo 'Celebrating Age' to tap market of senior citizens       FROM the ARCHIVES   Reliance Life Plus: Will wooing the customer end mis-selling or promote it? Reliance Life Plus has launched a major initiative to forge a closer relationship with its customers by meeting them at least one more time beside the premium collection visit. But as Moneylife's cover story in April this year showed, it has to correct past mischief first... ...................................................................................................................................................... CAG: Undue benefits of Rs3.8 lakh crore to private parties CAG has estimated 'undue benefits' of over Rs3.8 lakh crore to private parties in coal blocks allotment without bidding, Delhi airport development and diversion of coal to RPower...   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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