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MARKET REPORT
Tech stocks help Sensex to gain 15 points
Selling pressure in select old economy and defensive sector pivotals. IPCL down 31.86%.

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Food ministry denies cut in vegoil duty
Intel to invest up to $200 million in India
Vijay Kelkar to head task forces on tax
Planning Comm lowers GDP growth to 5.5%
US pushes 'partnerships' at Earth Summit
CCD meet may be put off yet again
India's Apr-Jul fiscal deficit 43.9% of target
'India to make big gains in rice exports'
33 FDIs worth Rs 53 crore approved
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RIL to accept 49.60 million IPCL shares
A K Batra, P N Venkatachalam are SBI MDs
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'I always feel young when I am with students'
Medical visionary Thenkurussi Kesavadas is convinced that one day medical schools would replace cadavers with 3-D images.

'India Inc needs to be more competitive'
'I believe India will continue to be one of the fastest growing economies, but the CII has identified some issues that need to be addressed to attain this,' says CII president Ashok Soota.

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Does North Block have too many advisors?
If Kelkar's brief is to advise the finance minister on policy issues, what would be Lahiri's brief, who takes over as chief economic advisor soon?, asks A K Bhattacharya.

How to prevent conflicts in businesses
An organisation in a position of public trust needs to have the highest ethical standards, says R Ravimohan.

COLUMN
Food stocks: A problem of plenty
The drought may actually be an opportunity for the government to reduce its rising food stocks, provided the wheat and the rice reach those who need these the most, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

Prabhu's exit: End of a fairy tale
Let's stop moaning over Prabhu's exit. He may have had his fairy tale, but we can't expect a much bigger one to transform this nation, says Sucheta Dalal.

PRESS RELEASES
AMD delivers high performance processor
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DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for August 30, 2002
Sensex, Satyam Comp, Infosys, Global Tele, United Phosphorous.... check out what you can do on Friday.

STOCK TALK
'I hope they don't dismiss Shourie'
'The play strange games in New Delhi. Those who oppose divestment are trying to protect their fiefdom,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

PERSONAL FINANCE
LIC's Bima Nivesh: An attractive product
There are quite a few reasons which make this policy very appealing.

The traveller is king now
Finally the Indian traveller gains as the airlines launch new and innovative schemes to lure passengers.

DEATH OF A LEGEND
Dhirubhai Ambani, End of an Era
He single-handedly built a Rs 650-billion business empire in just 3 decades. The Reliance patriarch's village-boy-to-business-tycoon fairy tale has inspired thousands of Indians.

THE BUDGET & GOVT POLICIES
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