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TOP STORIES   The stink coming from SEBI-I A hard-hitting confidential letter from UK Sinha, SEBI chairman, once more proves the seamy underbelly of the regulator under former chief CB Bhave. Moneylife alone has been reporting about this seamy side for two years now... *The stink coming from SEBI-II *Cheapest Mediclaim *Regime change at SEBI forces NSE to compromise *TDS is not only tedious, it is sheer harassment. Government must make interest from banks free from income-tax *Danger ahoy! Questions arise on Indian naval safety after repeated shipping fiascos *Fight against graft: Not good enough, Mr Prime Minister *Ultimate victory for students: Tuesday's Supreme Court judgment orders access of copies of answer sheets of all examinations *Recurring oil spills in Mumbai: Does anyone know terrible is the shock to the ecosystem? *'Mainstream media must focus more on Bellary which is a bigger loss than 2G'     Markets / Regulations   High volatility will continue as market tries to establish short-term bottom High volatility is likely at the beginning of the week, as well as the following week, which would provide good opportunities for short-term traders *Weekly Market Report: Sluggish move likely *Fortnightly Market Report: Noise filter *Against the tide of shrinking IPOs and traded volumes, BSE wants to list a million SMEs! *Whom will the SME exchange benefit? *Finance ministry must be in the know of gold transactions, says CIC Street Watch   Stock exchanges: Anti-investor The shocking attitude of the BSE *Regulator: SEBI is just as bad *Stockbroking: Tough times Personal Finance (Insurance / Mutual Funds / Alternative Investments)   Mutual fund distribution: Too little for too many The SEBI chief wants to keep the no-load system in place. But it offers too little incentive for many small fund distributors and small investors... *New fund offers: More is less *NBFCs are wooing retail investors with NCDs, but chasing higher yields has its own perils *Make a false complaint: You may just get lucky with IRDA! *Variable insurance plan: No gain,only pain *IndiaFirst Health ULIP: A technological approach for cashless approval *IDBI Federal's Dreambuilder ULIP—multiple options, flexibility; but can it fulfil your dream? *Child ULIPs: At a price   Banking   Maximum insurance claims are paid out to depositors of failed co-operative banks; still Damodaran panel wants to collect higher premium from all Larger banks being made to bear the burden of the failure of poorly regulated co-operative banks... *Just around 10% of total accounts have deposits above Rs1lakh, says DICGC *Damodaran Committee report on banking customer services: Senior Citizens have little to cheer In focus: Regulating the microfinance industry   SIDBI must rework its microfinance strategy Merely increasing funding for microfinance, without learning from past mistakes, will not solve the microfinance crisis. As one of the biggest lenders to the microfinance sector, it is up to SIDBI to develop necessary safeguards to ensure that the industry it helped create, does not collapse under the weight of its sometimes over-enthusiastic support for MFIs... *What went wrong with Indian microfinance? *A number of short-term issues need to be tackled expeditiously for resolving the Indian microfinance crisis   Investing (Stocks / Mutual Funds / Investor Interest)   Market volatility exposes perils of Exchange Traded Funds ETFs combine the advantages of index funds and stocks. But because they are bought through a bourse, they are exposed to the mercy of the market's liquidity... *Tata Steel, Essar Steel and Ispat Industries expected to benefit from the new demand-supply scenario after the Bellary mining ban *FMCG stocks: Soap bubble *Montier's 7 laws of investing: Inactive investor Companies & Sectors   Alstom spends 28% more on employees in first quarter, but productivity falters Employees' costs have shot up for the engineering company to Rs94 crore in the April-June 2011 period. Sales, however, have declined by 20% to about Rs280 crore... *'Indians looking at insurance as an investment avenue' *Renewable energy: In a slow lane *Brands are trying image makeovers, but fashion retail in India is still struggling *Tier 2 cities will be more attractive for retail loan products over the next couple of years, says CRISIL *Google finds auto purchase queries on Internet growing faster in India today, than travel or finance ON STANDS NOW Life (public interest / events / health / lifestyle / advertising)   Why are overage ships with improper documents being chartered for Indian ports? New questions are cropping up everyday over the Rak Carrier and Pavit, but nobody is giving any answers; and all this is happening in the region of India's biggest naval base... *CAG says Adarsh scam shows failure of governance at all levels *Ammonium nitrate stockpile in Vishakhapatnam raises serious questions on naval security *Forex Achievements has fabricated registration certificate to fool people, warns RBI *Add2Earn: Another MLM that wants to sell holidays, ads, protein power food supplements and healthcare packages *CIC fines retired Provident Fund PIO Rs25,000 for denial, delay in providing information under RTI *Moneylife Foundation holds seminar on the truths behind mutual funds and how to select the right scheme *Healthcare:Sole mosquito on the rampage *The country is facing a shortage of 3,00,000 professors, because of the meagre salaries being offered and faulty recruitment processes *Airtel promises full talk time on a promo recharge, but subscribers don't get complete amount *Picking up an iPhone? Make sure it's the genuine one *Online shopping: Click to buy apples *MVL Mobiles: Greed is good, but ad is bad   TROTTER NAMA: THE WORLD AROUND US   Mankind and nature's grand creations Visited by millions of people every year, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon represent the grandest of spectacles that mankind and nature can provide... .   BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD   The Filter Bubble ELI PARISER Dare to Lead ANIL K KHANDELWAL The Warren Buffetts Next Door MATTHEW SCHIFRIN EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS   Tata Steel: A weak and boring campaign Anil Thakraney   All of us are mired in the same cesspool, but our thoughts and actions can pull us out of this morass R Vijayaraghavan Why are the Mumbai 26/11 investigations still in limbo? Karan Kharb   To subscribe to this free newsletter log on to www.moneylife.in or email us at newsletter@moneylife.in To get FREE updates via sms click here.

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