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Corporate India braces for lower growth, tighter liquidity
As companies step into the new year, they realise that they may have to live with lower growth and costlier money as 2010 could be more challenging than 2009.

Bye bye, brand name
Self-deprecating humour isn’t something one sees too much of in this country (where making fun of others is held a nobler pursuit than laughing at one’s own foibles), so I’m always pleased to read Saad Akhtar’s webcomic Fly, You Fools! (People are Mindless Cattle), a good-natured, witty take on some of the things we read about in the newspapers every day. It isn’t brilliantly written or drawn (in fact, it mostly uses photos and mixed media rather than fresh illustrations) but it’s goofy and perceptive, casting fresh light on (among other things) security checks at mall entrances (http://tinyurl.com/5s25pe), rich kids mowing down pavement-dwellers in their Mercs (http://tinyurl.com/mhpwep), and loud honking at traffic signals as a substitute for sexual inadequacy (http://tinyurl.com/kl7knc).

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Markets extend gains
The Sensex has extended gains and touched a high of 17,554 - up 90 points. The Nifty is up 30 points at 5,231.
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Govt working to ease mask shortage

Chief minister K Rosaiah said steps were being be taken to ease the shortage of masks in Hyderabad. The government is making efforts to procure more ventilators and provide additional beds to treat swine flu. - Two more die of swine flue in Andhra - Assembly, Council to condole YSR"s death - Andhra declares drought - Andhra orders CBI probe into YSR"s chopper crash - Succession race hots up in AP - Aditi Phadnis: Son-rise in Andhra?">Aditi Phadnis: Son-rise in Andhra? Reviewing the swine flu situation on Tuesday, he asked the state not to panic over the spread of H1N1 flu. The government is taking precautions to contain the spread of the disease. Doctors have been told to help the people in distress. Medicines are being made available in required quantities and doctors will be provided with masks, he said, adding that private hospitals have also been asked to work to contain the spread of the virus. So far, 353,048 passengers had been screened and 331 patients admitted to Government Chest Hospital. Of this, 124 testes positive till September 12. There are 13 patients at the Chest Hospital including eight positive and five suspect cases, according to a release.


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