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(Please click on the Newspaper link to read the full article)   INDIAN ECONOMY Govt clears 12 FDI proposals worth Rs 2,609 cr Essential Drug Makers Can Inform & Quit Super-regulator for financial sector mooted Contraction in Exports to Blame for Trade Deficit Crisis: Sharma  INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY Bank of Israel Holds Rate for Third Month as Home Prices Surge Russia Rejects Cyprus Financial Rescue Bid as Deadline Looms U.K. Moves Closer to Losing AAA at Fitch on Debt Concerns U.S. Consumer Spending Probably Rose Most in Five Months Cyprus’s Fate Hangs in the Balance as ECB Deadline Looms EQUITY MARKET FIIs investment in equities touches $10 b so far this year Markets may remain volatile in truncated week: Experts Offer for sale is a dampener for share prices of public sector undertakings Mid-cap stocks see up to 90% value erosion   DEBT MARKET Govt bond yields seen rising; rupee may weaken Street expects new 10-year benchmark govt bond in April Call rates edge higher on Reporting Friday Bond yields inches up on Friday  COMMODITIES Govt Mulls Bulk Gold Sales in Small Volumes WTI Oil Rises, Narrows Discount to Brent Gold, Silver Fall as Cypriot Lawmakers Debate Bailout  FOREX Euro Weakens Versus Dollar as Cyprus Bailout Deadline Approaches Rupee ends lower at 54.33 a dollar,Forex reserves up $1.96 billion Pound Falls Versus Euro on Bets Cyprus Contagion to Be Contained Aussie Dollar Trades Near 7-Week High on Pared Rate Cut Bets Canada Dollar Gains for Third Day as Oil Rises on Risk Appetite   MUTUAL FUNDS Should you opt for MF pension plans? Know the Colour of Risk, and What it Means Invest in MFs on Returns, Not Tax Status Mutual Fund houses flood markets with fixed maturity plans INSURANCE Irda Wants You to Focus on Health, Worry Less About Claims To improve cover, IRDA looking at two-year policies Ratings to help track performance of ULIPs  REAL ESTATE Slowing IT Growth Brings Another Reality Check Weak Sales, High Debt to Keep Realty Cos on Shaky Ground Home sales rise 46% in NCR: Report  OPINION DANNY GEEVARGHESE:-Can Xi handle It All, From Yuan to Japan? Sudeshna Sen:- It’s Europe’s North Versus South Moment S Naren:-‘If Inflation Declines, Rates may Fall Up to 2% in the Long Term’ Martin Feldstein :-India is on Hold Till Next Elections Bennett Voyles:- Cyprus crisis may be overdone, but Eurozone troubles remain   KNOWLEDGE CENTER What to do if you can’t pay your home loan EMI A road map to Financing your Education Tax Implication on NRI investment in Mutual Funds Turn your investment dreams into reality MIP - Is this India's most misleading mutual fund product? How many MF schemes should one have in a portfolio?