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(Please click on the Newspaper link to read the full article)   INDIAN ECONOMY Current account deficit likely to be at 5%: Rangarajan PSBs Asked to Clean Books to Raise Funds Small Savings Schemes to Fetch You Less This Year  INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY Saving Cyprus Means Nobody Safe as Europe Breaks More Taboos Consumers Will Keep Spending : Economy S. Korea Economy Grows at Slowest Pace Since Global Downturn Cyprus Salvaged After EU Deal Shuts Bank to Get $13B Bank of Israel Holds Rate for Third Month as Home Prices Surge EQUITY MARKET Sebi does away with physical filing of KYC documents to KRAs Investments through P-notes rise to Rs 1.62 lakh cr Rate-sensitive scrips to benefit from FII debt limit increase Midcap Crash Leaves 1k-cr Hole in Big Bull’s Portfolio  DEBT MARKET Bank term deposits, gold buying eating into small savings pie Spanish Bonds Slide on Cyprus Deal Concern as German Bunds Rise U.S.-German Yield Gap Most Since 2010 on Cyprus Bailout Govt bond yields seen rising; rupee may weaken COMMODITIES WTI Oil Trades Near Five-Week High; U.S. Stockpiles Seen Rising Gold Little Changed, Set for Monthly Gain on Europe Debt Concern Govt Mulls Bulk Gold Sales in Small Volumes FOREX Rupee hits one-week high on $ sale by exporters Korean Won Gains to One-Week High as Exporters Repatriate Income Yen Weakens Versus Peers as BOJ’s Kuroda Outlines Easing Options Australian Dollar Near Two-Month High Before RBA Stevens Speech Pound Rises to Six-Week High Against Euro on Cyprus; Gilts Gain Canada Dollar Gains Versus Majors as Oil Rises to 1-Month High Euro Trades Near 4-Month Low as Cyprus Spurs Debt Crisis Concern    MUTUAL FUNDS Short-term Debt Products in Focus as Equities Unlikely to Perk Up Soon BSE proposes to keep MF distributorship license at Rs 10000 Should you opt for MF pension plans? Know the Colour of Risk, and What it Means INSURANCE Jayant Dua:- Life insurance sector is at an inflection point L&T Fin to Buy Out Pantaloon in Non-life JV with Generali Non-life insurers register a robust growth of 19 percent in premium collections  REAL ESTATE 'Indian real estate market investment volume at Rs 19,000 cr in 2012' Slowing IT Growth Brings Another Reality Check Weak Sales, High Debt to Keep Realty Cos on Shaky Ground  OPINION Leveraging the debt office Chitra Subramaniam Duella :- Ground Euro: Where the Rich Stash R Sriram:- India Inc, Buy Europe DANNY GEEVARGHESE:-Can Xi handle It All, From Yuan to Japan?  KNOWLEDGE CENTER Avoid Costly Ulips Even in Rush to decrease Tax: Experts 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?