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Nuts and bolts
A few weeks ago I read a very stimulating discussion — on the website of a favourite writer, Jim Emerson — about the “technical” knowledge required for in-depth movie criticism. Emerson mentions the reluctance of the legendary reviewer Pauline Kael to analyse technique, or to engage with the nuts and bolts of movie making. Elsewhere, he writes, “You can’t distinguish

Reliance Capital Q3 net profit up 229 percent
Financial services major Reliance Capital Friday reported a 229 percent increase in net profit for the quarter ended Dec 31 at Rs.15.2 crore from Rs.4.62 crore in the like period of 2010-11.

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Sathguru – Cornell Alliance Provides Strategic Vision for the Turkish Seed Industry
“Because of its location, Turkey has significant potential to address and engage with markets in Europe and Asia” said K. Vijayaraghavan CEO of Sathguru Management Consultants, Hyderabad and Regional Coordinator for the research programs of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in South Asia, at the interactive three day seed industry program held at Antalya, Turkey from 23 to 25 January 2012. The program, delivered by the Centre for Executive Education (CEE) of the Cornell University – Sathguru partnership in association with TURKTED, Turkey, was customized specifically to meet the requirements of seed industry professionals in a nation that uniquely spans two continents.

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Govt approval eludes insurance sector
At a time when the finance ministry is taking pro-active steps to smoothen the process of top-level appointments in banks, the insurance sector senses no chance of such a reform.

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Max New York Life Insurance igenius Scholarship becomes even bigger
Max New York Life Insurance, one of India’s leading life insurance companies, today announced 3rd Max New York Life igenius Scholarships - 2012, its highly successful and innovative parent-child engagement initiative to support all-round child’s development. This largest corporate scholarship programme gets even bigger by adding a new category ‘igenius PRIMARY’ for children in Nursery to Class 2. The igenius programme will also provide 2,000 child well-being sponsorships to socially and economically disadvantaged children.

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Air India begins sounding LIC and mutual funds for bond sale

Government-owned Air India, which is to issue non-convertible debentures (NCDs) to raise funds for repaying its debt mountain, has begun informally sounding Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of

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