SPECIAL
'RBI should deregulate savings rate, cut CRR'
By doing so, the Reserve Bank could reduce distortions in the market and release liquidity in to the system, says Ila Patnaik.

TOP HEADLINES
• Sonia urges govt to double R&D funding
• CSE case: Bail pleas of Gaud, Jain rejected
• Infosys: 1st Indian firm to win MAKE award
• Satyam to open centre in Malaysia
• Murasoli Maran in critical condition
• '8% growth rate ambitious not unrealistic'
• CMIE lowers farm sector forecasts
• No looking back on liberalisation: PM
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CORPORATE HEADLINES
• Titan Industries Q2 results on October 30
• Novartis H1 results on October 25
• Dabur Q2 results on October 30
• Thermax, IOC enter fuel oil partnership
• Wartsila Q3 net at Rs 57 million
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MARKET REPORT
Sensex ends at three-week high; PSUs drag
Renewed buying in select tech stocks. Satyam up 5.24%. L&T up 4%. MTNL down 7%. NIIT up 2%.

STOCK TALK
'Buy tech, sell PSU'
'The BPO and ITES sector remain my favourites. I am hopeful about divestment of HP. The rest seem unlikely,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.

SPECIAL
Mukesh Ambani on the significance of HR
'The most challenging HR task is to bring about a change in attitude; to transform it from negative to positive, from suspicious to trusting, from domineering to motivating, from hierarchical to networking,' says the Reliance chairman.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for October 18, 2002
Sensex, GTL, HPCL, Moser Baer, Cummins... Check out what you can do on Friday.

INTERVIEW
'Cement prices will improve soon'
Non-serious, smaller players are to be blamed for the sliding prices, says Anil Singhvi, MD, Gujarat Ambuja.

PERSONAL FINANCE
Sizing up a stock
Stock valuation concepts are considered esoteric by the layman dabbling in the market, but here are some concepts from A N Shanbag that are useful if you want a head start.

READERS' RESPONSE
'Mr Fernandes must keep his views to himself'
'Every day lost in debate is a huge loss of valuable FDI and people's wealth in the stock markets.' Message Board: Should we sell PSUs?

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