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By Money Master • August 17th, 2008

Reliance Big Entertainment, which earlier this year announced that George Soros will invest $100 mn for a stake in the company, is yet to close the deal. Modern Moguls

Bogged down by rising prices? Get ready for the worst. Your employer is busy planning to trim your next increment and performance bonus. Bond with your boss

Investors are likely to keep fresh purchases to the minimum and book profits at every opportunity this week, as sentiment remains fragile. Credit crunch? Don’t fret

Long weekend turned out to be a bonanza for Bollywood with two big releases that rake in over Rs 50 cr. Mythology in animation | Bollywood at Tussauds

TRAI will ask the DoT to take action against GSM operators if they fail to connect their networks to RCOM’s GSM network. Cellphone personality I Digital way of biz

Nifty opened at 4421.20, down 10 points while Sensex was at 14681, down 43 points. Stocks 52 Week: High | Low | Gainers & Losers | Only: Buyers | Sellers

There is no best time to invest. Even now would not be a bad time to get started. A word of advice: be sure of the risk you can take on venturing into equity mutual funds. Apart from equity funds, maybe you could consider balanced funds as well, says personal finance expert Irfan Rupani.

Outperforming the market is not a great signal for investors. A bit of caution needs to be exercised while investing in such instruments

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Government banks have demanded that the amount eligible under the farm waiver scheme should continue to be considered lending to the farm sector till the government clears the dues to help banks meet the mandatory priority sector lending target.