Category: Observations

Hat Tip:  DivyeshBhai

Ben Graham had a phrase “clairvoyance of the stock markets”  where the stock markets knows stuff even though there is no apparent news item

Yesterday, at 11:00 am, suddenly the stock of ABC Bearings started zooming and it hit the Upper Circuit.

More than 12 hours later, on 5th July,2017 at 02:09 am, the following announcement was put up on the stock exchanges:

The Board of Directors of ABC Bearings Limited at its meeting held on 4th July, 2017 has approved, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 230 to 232 of the Companies Act, 2013, the merger of ABC Bearing Limited into Timken India Limited through a Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement amongst ABC Bearing Limited, Timken India Limited and their respective shareholders and creditors.

Jaago, SEBI Jaago

Source: ET

Extended the timing of the Equity Markets till 5:00 pm

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Nani Palkhivala was one of India’s greatest sons-a top class lawyer, speaker, writer and a foremost authority on taxation.

One of his biggest peeves was Octroi in Mumbai. In his own words: “It is the only impost which taxes the people to a tolerable extent in terms of money and to an intolerable extent in terms of time and energy.”

He gave many lectures against it and tried hard to get it scrapped….but in vain.

The BMC-Politician corruption nexus was too strong for him to break.

On 01 July, 2017…his dream finally came true.

With the rollout of GST,  octroi in Mumbai (and elsewhere) was finally abolished.

He would be smiling from the heavens.

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