COLUMN
Sorry, Sachin, this is just not cricket!
'The duty exemption to him for his Fiat-gifted Ferrari must be stopped,' says Sucheta Dalal.

TOP HEADLINES
• 'India's economic fundamentals strong'
• India's first quarter GDP seen around 5.5%
• India, Mauritius sign MoU in telecom, post
• Govt rules out lowering of interest on EPF
• 'Corporates must not meddle in govt policies'
• WB warns India against fiscal slippages
• PM assures workers on social security issue
• G-7 agrees global growth has slowed
• CSE payment crisis: One more person held
• G-24 tells rich nations to carry out reforms
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• Schenectady to consider interim dividend
• Cadila to set up companies in Brazil, USA
• Gufic Bio fixes date for sub division of shrs
• Moonstar Investments may allot shares
• SM Dyechem appoints company secretary
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MARKET REPORT
Market closes with a gain of 23 points
Gains in tech and automobile pivotals offset weakness in select pharma and cement stocks.

SPECIAL
A cash hat-trick
As the Indian cricket team strides from one victory to another the corporate world is putting bigger bets than ever on the game, says Surajeet Das Gupta.

The Murdoch googly
News Corp will have the rights everywhere except the subcontinent and that's where the logo ban could put a squeeze on Sony, says V Krishnaswamy.

For a closer cut
With the Chinese challenge looming large, India's monopoly in the diamond business is under threat, says Joydeep Ray.

Dating troubles
Printing a packaging date which is a month ahead of purchase is permissible by law, says Rosy Kumar.

STOCK TALK
'There are no triggers in the market'
'Market remains sluggish and in a range. I don't see any great upmove,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for September 30, 2002
Sensex, Hinduja TMT, Visualsoft, Polaris, Reliance... Check out what you can do on Monday.

COLUMN
Who's afraid of globalisation? The poor, of course
'Do not grab from the needy to give to the greedy in the name of globalisation,' says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

INTERVIEW
'Divestment money is used for govt expenses'
'The talk about the selloff proceeds being used for infrastructure development is merely for public consumption,' says S Gurumurthy, co-convenor
of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch.

'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.

PERSONAL FINANCE
Trustworthy again?
A N Shanbhag doesn't agree with the government's measures on restoring UTI and gives some suggestions on how to go about it.

'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.

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…

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