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Business Buzzwords: At the Bombay Stock Exchange

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The Bombay Stock Exchange has shifted certain stocks to the trade-for-trade segment, where you pay Rs 25,000 to take delivery of the shares you bought and the quantity you have sold will be presented for delivery: the reason for the shift is that the exchange wants to curb circular trading.

Correct answer: (a) circular

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Make certain you have, or if you are an entrepreneur, make certain your existing syndicate has, dry powder to see you through hard times; this means putting no more than 25-30% of your total allocation up front, and make certain you have reserves to meet pro rata needs.

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The multitude of mergers and acquisitions has raised issues that need to be considered before the prospect of an acquisition arises; one is the application of the golden parachute rules of Sec. 280G, regarding severance payments to be made to a corporation's top employees and directors on a change in control.

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William McCormick, chairman and chief executive of CMS Energy Corp, said the company's use of 'round-tripping' — trades where the same amount of electricity is exchanged at the same price between two players — was apparently aimed at making CMS look more powerful in wholesale power markets than it actually was.

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