SPECIAL
Serving up a storm
The Radhakrishna Group serves 14 million meals a year and it wants much bigger helpings, reports Nandini Lakshman.

TOP HEADLINES
• Tata launches basic phone services in TN
• Sebi board approves delisting report
• Forex reserves at new high of $64.62 bn
• Maran being flown to US for treatment
• ICICI cuts home loan rates by 25 bps
• Monetising gas may not be easy for Reliance
• Higher dividend recovery sought
• LIC may sell Indal stake to Hindalco
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• Tata Telecom forfeits equity shares
• Digital Global changes mgmt structure
• Shriram Investments chairman resigns
• Shin-Ho Petro appoints Y SKim as MD
• Pentagon Global fixes book closure
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DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for November 11, 2002
Sensex, ABB, Hinduja TMT, United Breweries, Hindalco... Check out what you can do on Monday.

MORE SPECIALS
FM style
Entering the finance ministry today is a pleasanter experience than it used to be, says T N Ninan.

High risk proposals
Kelkar Committee proposals would help the self-employed who can manage their returns, says Devangshu Datta.

MARKET REPORT
Sensex sheds 18 points
Selling pressure across the board. MTNL, HPCL, ICICI Bank, Satyam, Zee, SBI are down.

STOCK TALK
'I would avoid the PSU basket'
'PSU shares will underperform for the next two years. Govt seems intent on destroying their value,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

PERSONAL FINANCE
Insurance with frills
ICICI Pru’s LifeTime policy is a combination of a insurance policy and a mutual fund, writes Smita Tripathi.

Gender issues
A N Shanbhag looks at the tax breaks and investment opportunities for women.

INTERVIEW
'Gross national contentment is my aim'
Govt must endeavour to improve the tax-GDP ratio, continue to work extra time for fiscal consolidation and revive growth, says Jaswant Singh, Union Finance Minister.

'No one will invest just because rates are low'
More than the economy, it is the lack of investment demand that is of immediate concern, says Bimal Jalan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India.

COLUMN
A thousand changes in the FMCG sector
In several product categories the threat is not from China, but right here from local brands, says Sucheta Dalal.

Hastening towards exchange liberalisation
Mere existence of high forex reserves is not sufficient to prevent a financial crisis or a run on the currency of a country, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

READERS' RESPONSE
'Just cutting rates will do no good'
'Have lower interest rates led to any increased credit off-take or greater industrial activity?'
YOUR VIEW: Should interest rates drop?

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