THE INDIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT
• Serious Fraud Office soon to look into scams
• Impact of scams worse than 9/11: Premji
• 'India must upgrade IT skills, invest in R&D'
• Days of free electricity are over: Prasad
• India & the WEF: Complete Coverage

TOP HEADLINES
• 'Govt debating tax structure simplification'
• NELP- III: ONGC bags 13 oil blocks, RIL 9
• RBI to enforce fair practice code on banks
• SIA in talks with A-I to start new services
• Kidwai among most influential biz people
• FDI flows to India will go up: UNCTAD
• O'Neill says poverty, terror a challenge
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• State Bank of India revises interest rates
• Pentasoft Tech H1 net at Rs 102.90 million
• HCL Tech allots shares under ESOS
• Oasis Media fixes date for stock split
• Change in management at Deepak Fertilisers
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MUTUAL FUND NEWS
• Templeton declares dividend under TILF
• Sun F&C dividend on income schemes

MARKET REPORT
Market ends higher; up 34 points
Hero Honda Motors, ICICI Bank, HPCL, Dr Reddy, RIL, SBI gain. Infosys, Bhel, L&T, Zee lose.

COLUMN
Who will control L&T? Birlas or professionals?
The tussle for the company's cement manufacturing facilities could have far-reaching consequences for the country's corporate sector, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

SPECIAL
The dilemmas of tax reform
Despite its economic correctness, the taxpayer is upset over the report on direct and indirect taxes, says Subir Gokarn.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for November 26, 2002
Sensex, Geometric, Satyam, Telco, Tata Tea... Check out what you can do on Tuesday.

THE ECONOMY: MID-YEAR REVIEW
A healthy report card is in the offing
The finance ministry's action taken report for the April-October period says that the uncertainties plaguing the financial markets have been more or less taken care of.

INTERVIEW
'M&As in cement sector will continue'
The industry hasn't yet reached a stage where few players can determine prices, says B L Jain, President, Cement Manufacturers' Association.

THE BILL GATES VISIT
'Bill Gates is a very shrewd businessman'
Your View: Gates's visit, charity or business? • 'My trip's very exciting' I Complete coverage

PERSONAL FINANCE
Year-end is time for best deals on wheels
It is time to drive a hard bargain. Here are some tips on how to make the most of a buyers' market.

More on Kelkar panel's tax proposals
A N Shanbhag dissects the Kelkar Committee's propositions.

STOCK TALK
'Divestment program is over'
'Market needs new FII money to go up. But China has opened up to FIIs, which will drag money from India,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

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