Vinay K. Gupta & Co.

INCOME TAX VODAFONE TAX UPHELD 04/12/2008 Vodafone verdict may cast shadow on other deals 04/12/2008 Foreign consultants` income taxable at lower rate of 15% 04/12/2008 Scrutiny of 2007-08 returns to take place in current fiscal 04/12/2008 Foreign consultants` income taxable at lower rate of 15% 03/12/2008 Traps to avoid during tax planning 01/12/2008 Tax effect of insurance compensation 01/12/2008 INTERNATIONAL TAXATION Transfer pricing, intl taxation biggest bones of contention 04/12/2008 FDI through Mauritus: Has the dust settled? 01/12/2008 CUSTOMS A fresh challenge for Customs 01/12/2008 EXCISE Abolition of excise duty on public transport demanded 04/12/2008 Excise duty on fuel may be slashed 04/12/2008 SERVICE TAX Banks up in arms against service tax on govt business 02/12/2008 PMC to levy tax on shops in slum areas 02/12/2008 Misc. - Indirect Tax Faster tax refunds for SEZs soon 04/12/2008 Punjab government to charge tax from hotels and banquet halls 02/12/2008 Temping duty: Safeguard levy to fight cheap imports 02/12/2008 Long and winding road to a comprehensive GST for India 02/12/2008 SEBI SEBI uses RTI platform to seek info from bourses 04/12/2008 SEBI extends cross margining across market participants 04/12/2008 SEBI extends cross-margin facility to all participants 03/12/2008 Sebi may tighten mutual funds norms 01/12/2008 COMPANY LAW CLB rejects Lodha camp plea in Birla Corporation case 04/12/2008 EPF AND MISC PROVISIONS ACT, 1952 Scheme of PF and pension to expatriates premature 01/12/2008 RBI RBI no to opening shrinking forex chest to banks and FIs 03/12/2008 RBI eases lending norms for urban co-op banks 02/12/2008 Go by local rules to give loans for houses on farm land: RBI 02/12/2008 ‘RBI alone should take final decision on M&As among banks’ 01/12/2008 IRDA Insurers to get M&A norms in March 04/12/2008 Regulations force insurers to look at speciality products 02/12/2008 Misc. Corporate Laws & Policies NHB tightens financing norms 04/12/2008 Viability norms for road projects may be eased 03/12/2008 PM as FM: FIPB will stay put 02/12/2008 Audit & Acc – Misc. DoP may post new entry in mod accounting 01/12/2008

Market Evaluation  [02-DEC-08]

Finance & Money Markets:-

Sustained credit squeeze to hit small firms hard 04/12/2008
Fund houses see assets dip 7% in Nov 03/12/2008
Investors ditch small savings, hitch with FDs 03/12/2008
Mutual funds may now have to list close-ended schemes 03/12/2008
Actis raises $2.9-bn emerging mkt fund 02/12/2008
Redemption fears force MFs to raise cash holdings 02/12/2008
Futures trading in 4 commodities lapse 01/12/2008


CORPORATE WATCH:-

Reckitt offers `stock profit` to staff 04/12/2008
Micro Labs defers plan to sell small stake to PE players 04/12/2008
'Corus could post losses in second half` 04/12/2008
Amrutanjan to buy back 8 lakh shares 03/12/2008
Wadias shelve plan to buy Danone on lack of funds 03/12/2008
Tech biggies vie for bank integration deals 03/12/2008
Higher prices, cost control lift Tata Steel net 213% 03/12/2008
United Spirits acquires Balaji Distilleries 02/12/2008
Blackstone acquires domestic IT biz of CMS 02/12/2008
Tatas offer depositors 11% to repay loans taken for JLR buy 02/12/2008
GAIL, ONGC to get gas from Reliance’s K-G field 01/12/2008
NTPC, CIL to ink fuel supply pact 01/12/2008
Sun loses $3-bn revenue potential from US 01/12/2008

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS:-

Citigroup Said to Cut Most of Asia Real Estate Team After Slump 04/12/2008
Merrill plans to cut bonuses by 50% as revenue slumps 04/12/2008

Goldman Sachs Eases In Pre-Market On Reports Of Possible $2 Bln Quarterly Net Loss 03/12/2008
British Airways in merger talks with Qantas 03/12/2008
GE India to acquire Indo Tech transformers 03/12/2008
Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal 01/12/2008
OPEC defers new oil supply cut as divisions emerge 01/12/2008
Retailers target banks over credit-card fee 01/12/2008

Economic Analysis  [05-DEC-08]

Economy India:-

Core, exports likely to get Rs 17k-cr recovery pack this Sat 04/12/2008
Auto companies count on discounts to boost sales 04/12/2008
Tough road ahead for FDI in sensitive areas 04/12/2008
Iron ore prices slashed 40 per cent 04/12/2008
Fertiliser sop to run up Rs 4 lakh-cr bill in 4 yrs 04/12/2008
Tax relief for job-creating exporters on cards 04/12/2008
Three years on, only 40 SITP projects take off 04/12/2008
Farmers, processors optimistic as commexes resume futures 04/12/2008
1L travel agents to go jobless by Jan 03/12/2008
India Inc wakes up to specialised security 03/12/2008
Centre to unveil relief package on Monday 03/12/2008
Steelmakers to reduce prices again this week 03/12/2008
Plan for big-bang FTAs bites dust 03/12/2008
Power stations stare at acute coal shortage 03/12/2008
Hotel tariffs drop 20% after terror attacks 03/12/2008
The global crisis and India`s growth rate 03/12/2008
Exports dip 12% at $12.82 b in October 02/12/2008
Fuel sales dip 1.7% as economy slows 02/12/2008
Homing PC sees 7-8% growth, moderate inflation 02/12/2008
Battered realtors may get bailout package soon 02/12/2008
C Rangarajan may be the next FM 02/12/2008
Mumbai is still a safe city, say expat CEOs 01/12/2008
Government forms committee to regulate corporate valuation 01/12/2008
Country to benefit from PM heading FinMin: India Inc 01/12/2008
FDI cap increase may bring in Rs 7,000 cr to insurance sector 01/12/2008
Meltdown lesson: NPS corpus may flow to benchmark scrips 01/12/2008
Sidbi asset reconstruction arm to start in Mar 01/12/2008

International:-

Oil falls to $41.6; Opec predicts global demand will fall next year 04/12/2008
Global interest rate cuts to spearhead crisis fightback 04/12/2008
Mortgage applications more than doubled in US as rates drop 04/12/2008
Brown sets economy as `overriding priority` 04/12/2008
China`s sovereign wealth fund loses $6 billion 04/12/2008
WTO meeting possible Dec. 13-15 - trade chief Lamy 04/12/2008
26/11 WON’T TAKE TOLL ON INVESTMENTS, SAY EXPERTS 03/12/2008
Middle East cos line up for campus hiring 03/12/2008
U.S. May Be in for ‘Great Recession,’ Longest Postwar 03/12/2008
South Korea and the global financial crisis 03/12/2008
‘Great Recession’ may just be starting 03/12/2008
Asia not immune to impact of global recession 03/12/2008
Gold dips on firm dollar but rising oil supports 02/12/2008
Japan car sales may fall to 34-year low 01/12/2008