How to invest in companies which have no listed peers

ET Intelligence Group: A clutch of new businesses are hitting the primary market with their public issues — Team Lease, provider of staffing services, Dr Lal Pathlabs, a chain of pathology labs, Infibeam, an online market place, Quick Heal, maker of antivirus software, Matrix Cellular, international SIM card provider, and Matrimony.com, an online matrimonial service portal, to name just a few. But how should investors invest in these companies which typically have no listed peers? Compare with Read more [...]

Half-Life 3 Gets Listed In Steam Database

There’s a robust community out there that keeps a keen eye on the Steam Database to find out what new titles will be coming soon. Steam IDs and associated app names can often reveal valuable information about titles that might be released in the near future, you can imagine the delight of fans when they found out that Half-Life 3 has been listed in the Steam Database.It does merit mentioning here that while Steam listings are often a good indicator of what’s to come in the future, they’re not Read more [...]

Taylor Swift makes brief Spotify return… with track listed as Lostprophets song

"We take the integrity of our catalogue very seriously, and will immediately remove any content that is found to be incorrectly licensed or attributed to the incorrect artist or composer. The track was taken down as soon as it was discovered (3 days after it was delivered), and we will be taking the matter further with the provider who delivered this track. " The song appeared on Spotify (left) and Apple Music (right) The track appeared as a single song on an album of the same name, and was accompanied Read more [...]

Demat mandatory for all listed firms from January 15

Dec 7, 2015- Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) has said it will make electronic share transactions mandatory for all listed companies from January 15.Currently, only commercial banks’ shares ownership certificates have been dematerialised.Sebon Chairman Rewat Bahadur Karki said the move was aimed at fully computerising stock trading.“After carrying out a demat transaction, clearing can be carried out under a fully automated mechanism,” said Karki at a press meet here on Sunday.The provision, Read more [...]

GST, Real Estate Bills listed in Rajya Sabha for next week

NEW DELHI: Government has managed to take the Opposition on board for listing the crucial Goods and Services Tax Bill for discussion and passage in the Rajya Sabha though a consensus on the proposed legislation is still in the works. The Rajya Sabha Business Advisory Committee- comprising of MPs from all major parties- agreed to the government suggestion for listing the GST Bill for discussion and passage in the week starting December 7. Four hours have been allocated for this. Being a Constitutional Read more [...]

AFC Telford listed for winding up court hearing – but club insist it is an …

PUBLISHED: December 5, 2015 13:31 AFC Telford has been listed for a court hearing on Monday in relation to a winding up petition by HMRC - but the club insist this is an error and that the club has already paid its debts. The club and trust discovered last night that 'AFC Telford United Ltd' appears on the list for the Companies Winding Up Court  on Monday relating to VAT debt dating back from October, which the club says was paid at the time.A Read more [...]

TOBA Announces US Graded and Listed Stakes

The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Dec. 4 presented its listing of U.S. graded and listed stakes races for 2016, the results of its annual grading session conducted Dec. 2 in Lexington. The committee reviewed 788 unrestricted U.S. stakes races with a purse of at least $75,000, and assigned graded status to 464—one more than in 2015, and listed status to 173 races. Six previously graded races were upgraded; Eight new grade III races were named; Read more [...]