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The Watchdog That Didn't Bark

In our mystery the watchdog agencies are silent, but it is the market that has barked and has not stopped barking, notes Aakar Patel. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters One can refer to the......

Satta bazaar bets on NDA's return to power post-airstrikes

Prior to the strike, bookies were expecting 200-230 seats for the BJP in the coming polls, for which they were offering 1:1 odds (Re 1 win for every rupee bet). But now they are anticipating......

Punters' game: Rs 5,000-crore bets per IPL match!

As the Indian Premier League frenzy catches up with cricket fanatics, action elsewhere (behind closed doors) is churning out big money as well -- with some estimates pegging the amount at around Rs......

Maruti to launch the cheapest automatic car in the world

Photograph: Courtesy, Indian Autos Blog/Maruti Suzuki Maruti will introduce the new Alto K10 next month, and has released the first set of images of the exterior and interior of the car. Dealers......

Inside the yuppie's investing mind

In another avatar, I am part of a panel that provides free financial advisory services. Over the past nine months, we have studied several thousand portfolios. The payoff for us is that it gives......

A trader takes a worm's eye view of 2007

January 2: Not a bad start. The Nifty flirted around 4,000. Volumes high considering that most firangis are still in Mauritius, or wherever, recovering from hangovers. Many punters in the trading......

The Wal-Mart factor!

The last time I professed to have any understanding of stock markets was around the time I had acquired my MBA degree (in 1982) with a major in finance and marketing. Since then, it has been one......

Bite right into the Chocolate Factory

First, let's talk about the bad. To start with, Danny Elfman, outlandish composing geniusand soul-brother to director Tim Burton, commits the cardinal sin of overindulgence and sings-- well,......

Wimbledon PIX: Rybakina, Krejcikova enter semis

Clinical Rybakina ends Svitolina run IMAGE: Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina shakes hands with Elina Svitolina of Ukraine after winning her quarter-final match at Wimbledon on Wednesday. Photograph:......

14-year-old bet pays off! Lady luck leaves punter 'Tongue'-tied

IMAGE: A lucky punter who placed a bet on Josh Tongue 14 years ago will be paid a whopping amount as the fast bowler makes his international debut. Photograph: Reuters/Andrew Couldridge One lucky......

Oh, Insider Punters' League!

Chennai Super Kings owner and BCCI President N Srinivasan should formally distance himself from the IPL and BCCI until his son-in-law is cleared of wrongdoing in the spot-fixing scandal, feels......

PHOTOS: Ponting, Clarke tons grind India to dust

India got off to a good start in the fourth and final Test against Australia, in Adelaide on Tuesday, striking two blows inside the first 10 overs after the hosts opted to bat first in......

'Ponting or Hussey in line to be axed from India series'

Selectors might be forced to axe Ricky Ponting or Mike Hussey from the Australian cricket team for the upcoming four Tests against India after their dismal show in the just-concluded series with......

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