SPECIAL
Needed: Bulls in the PSU shop
'We need more Arun Shouries so that there are more hits as well as more occasions for soul-searching,' says N J Jhaveri.

TOP HEADLINES
• Advani urges Indian firms to focus on R&D
• Sale of petro products likely to grow 6-8%
• Indian Hotels eyes properties in US, China
• Lower taxes may boost demand for cars
• Goa eyes intl film fests to boost tourism
• HC suggests setting up of a DPC board
• Jaswant, 3 former FMs to depose before JPC
• I-T raids on Emami premises
• FDI in India surges despite global decline
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• Subex Systems moots dividend @ 10%
• Electrolux Kelvinator to pare right issue size
• Engineers India clarifies on news item
• Calcom Vision to decide date of EGM
• Wipro Tech, Net Cracker form OSS Alliance
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MARKET REPORT
Techs, heavyweights lift Sensex by 28 points
Overall sentiment appears cautious. HCL Tech up 6.98%. RIL, RPL, HLL up. HPCL, Zee down.

TUTORIAL
What is delisting of shares? Why do cos delist?
A Sebi panel has readied a final draft report on the delisting of shares. What does it recommend? How have investor rights now been protected? Read on…

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for September 18, 2002
Sensex, Infosys, HCL Tech, Zee Tele, ITC... Check out what you can do on Wednesday.

COLUMN
How the other half lives
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta explains why Britain-based sociologist Teodor Shanin's views on the 'informal economy' are so important for India.

How operators manipulated the Wipro scrip
'If the bourses and Sebi are unable to investigate the hammering of Wipro during the last 15 minutes of trading on Monday and Wednesday, then Indian investors can never depend on secondary market regulation,' says Sucheta Dalal.

SPECIAL
Cashing in on the comeback
KBC resurrected the star, making him one of India's most saleable faces. Will the magic carry on for Amitabh Bachchan who turns 60 next month?

INTERVIEW
'Issue isn't risk or monopoly; issue is Reliance'
The worst case scenario is Reliance buying both HPCL and BPCL. Even then IOC will control 54 per cent of the Indian oil market. So who says it's a monopoly?' asks economist Jairam Ramesh.

'US-64 will be smaller than it is now'
'You will be looking at certainly not Rs 12,000 crore worth unit capital. It will be less than that,' says UTI Chairman M Damodaran.

STOCK TALK
'This is a body blow to the divestment process'
'FM did not stand up for divestment. I am extremely disappointed with the CCD's decision,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

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• CENiX receives ISO 9001 registration
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• AP delegation for UK to promote SEZ
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