| Commodity
indices want FM to withdraw transanction tax
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New
Delhi, Mar 7:
The proposed commodities transaction tax (CTT) in the budget
is expected to have a detrimental effect on the country’s
commodity market, which is just four year’s old and yet
to mature.
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| Sensex
ends down 567pts
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Mumbai,
Mar 7:
The Sensex opened with a huge negative gap of 330 points at
16,212 on weak global cues. Unabated selling saw the index slip
below the 16,000-mark to a low of 15,690 - down 852 points from
the previous close.
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| `India
to have 1 mn new jobs in 2008`
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Mumbai,
Mar 7:
The hospitality, health and education sectors are likely to
replace the IT/ITeS sector as leading job creators in the country,
which will have over 10 lakh new work opportunities in 2008,
a survey revealed on Thursday.
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| Pvt
equity firms eye IPL franchises
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Chennai,
Mar 7:
The stock markets are in a tailspin and private equity (PE)
players have found the value of their portfolios declining.
Good enough reason for them to latch on to the bull run in cricket
— all thanks to the flames stoked by the emergence of
the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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