MARKET REPORT
Sensex sheds 16 pts on profit-booking
Tech pivotals Satyam down 4%, NIIT down 4%. Pharma shares firm.

TOP HEADLINES
• Magisterial inquiry ordered into Big Bull's death
• GAIL in race for Enron's Dabhol project
• Exports post 0.5% growth in April-November
• Shankar Sharma remanded to JC till Jan 15
• Europe celebrates birth of new currency
• SAARC draft underscores need for SAFTA by 2002 end
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• UTI Bank defers EGM
• IPCL Q3 results on Jan 30, 2002
• ITI director U D Paradkar retires
• UTI Bank Q3 results on Jan 12, 2002
• GOI appoints new directors on CCI board
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DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for January 2, 2002
Sensex, Wipro, NIIT, Aftek, Telco, ... check out what you can do on Wednesday.

COLUMN
Harshad Mehta: From Pied Piper of the markets to India's best know scamster
'It was a tragic end to the man who was the first broker to become a mega-star of the Indian capital markets and fire the imagination of every middle class Indian in the early 1990s,' says Sucheta Dalal.

STOCK TALK
'Santa is skipping Dalal Street'
'The market may fall further. It looks sluggish and may not end on a high note this year-end,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

REPORT
How to tackle NPAs? His Holiness has the clue
His Holiness Shri Jayendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Swamigal of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam will present his solution for the problem of rising non-performing assets of banks and financial institutions in Mumbai on Dec 31.

UTI gets another dole without stricter accountability?
The government will again get away with the massive bailout of UTI without any protest, says Sucheta Dalal.

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Talk the Talk
Job interviews are never easy. But there is enough online to help you lick them all.

INTERVIEWS
'Bt cotton will kill farmers, literally'
'Short-sighted government policies on genetically modified crops will result in destroying the Indian cotton farmer,' says Dr Devinder Sharma.

'Productivity has zoomed after implementation of TQM, TPM'
Sundaram Brake Linings CEO K Mahesh is on a high ever since the company won the Deming Prize.

SPECIAL
Is First Global being persecuted, or being brought to justice?
The stockbroking firm locks horns with tax authorities, alleging harassment. Govt officials, however, have a different tale to tell...

SEARCH
Headhunting by the Mouse
ompanies, job seekers and professional recruiters are all turning to the Net. With varying degrees of success.

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