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• Sensex extends flat trade on third day

  Defying the US market gains and tracking flat Asian trade, the key equity benchmark was caught in range-bound trade-pattern on Thursday.

• Forbes’ top 10 rich list include Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal

  Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani and steel czar Lakshmi Mittal made it to the top 10 on the 2010 Forbes list of world's billionaires.

• US stocks rise after inventories fall, sales gain

  Scant buying lifted US stocks for a second straight day on Wednesday after the government reported a drop in companies' inventories.

• Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person

  Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 per cent over the last year.

More News

• MEC enters Indian coal market
• Apollo eyes 'gains from global consulting biz
• Tata group returns to Assam
• Export-oriented units shifting base to SEZs
• MFIs mull setting up network for self-regulation
• GSK Pharma bets big on India
• Etisalat may take M&A route in India
• Alok Industries may exit realty business
• Now, trading to be at your fingertips!
• Essar puts Shell plans on backburner
• BSNL staff threatens agitation against Pitroda panel report
• Wipro plans to outdo IBM
• Vodafone to pay Rs 10K crore tax?
• Rupee at 2-month high of 45.38
• Thermax inks JV with US firm Babcock & Wilcox
• US Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks

Interviews

Dollar will have to fall

Anu Sharma

Anu Sharma, managing director at Nasdaq Market Intelligence, said that tech stocks pulled up market and that we are poised for growth. "The dollar will have to fall," he added.

• Implementation of road projects will pick up
• 'Budget presents a strong macro picture'
• Bond rates to remain stable: Chanda Kochhar
• Budget should focus on growth
• CII for cautious exit from stimulus
• The divestment roadmap

Opinions

• Mandar Jamsandekar

  Market looks bullish this week

  As of technicals, this week is expected to be bullish with a cautious view. Sensex has a hurdle at 17097 levels which comes up as an immediate resistance and for Nifty it stands at 5118 levels.

• Pawan Goenka

  Auto sales may have some impact

  Pawan Goenka, president of automotive sector of M&M, said an increase in excise duty combined with a fuel price hike might have some impact on auto sales but overall sales are likely to be buoyant.
   

• Kamal Nath

  Infra thrust to push GDP growth: Kamal Nath

  Out of the total plan outlay 46 per cent is on infrastructure and this outlay will help to spur the GDP growth.