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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.livemint.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Initial Private Opinion : Business</title><link>http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/Business/default.aspx</link><description>TAGS: Business</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)</generator><item><title>Creeping capitulation - takeover regulation amendments</title><link>http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/2008/11/04/creeping-capitulation-takeover-regulation-amendments.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">69a35da2-a32a-4865-9f9a-b94bb9d2309f:3490</guid><dc:creator>Sandeep Parekh</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3490</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/commentapi.aspx?PostID=3490</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/2008/11/04/creeping-capitulation-takeover-regulation-amendments.aspx#comments</comments><description>If you had any doubts about my views of the perversity of the SEBI action on relaxing the creeping acquisition limits (blogged yesterday, linked here ), take a look at what the Hong Kong regulator has said about similar lobbying efforts by promoters,...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/2008/11/04/creeping-capitulation-takeover-regulation-amendments.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.livemint.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3490" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/SEBI/default.aspx">SEBI</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/India/default.aspx">India</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/takeover+regulations/default.aspx">takeover regulations</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/creeping+acquisition/default.aspx">creeping acquisition</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/special+interests/default.aspx">special interests</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/securities/default.aspx">securities</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/business/default.aspx">business</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/regulator/default.aspx">regulator</category></item><item><title>The new amendments to the takeover regulations - misguided or sloppy? Yes. </title><link>http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/2008/11/04/the-new-amendments-to-the-takeover-regulations-misguided-or-sloppy-yes.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">69a35da2-a32a-4865-9f9a-b94bb9d2309f:3472</guid><dc:creator>Sandeep Parekh</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3472</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/commentapi.aspx?PostID=3472</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/2008/11/04/the-new-amendments-to-the-takeover-regulations-misguided-or-sloppy-yes.aspx#comments</comments><description>SEBI has once again played around with the numbers in the takeover regulations. In light of the recent downward movement of prices, it seems that SEBI is attempting to make it easier for promoters to acquire shares from the market without making an open...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/2008/11/04/the-new-amendments-to-the-takeover-regulations-misguided-or-sloppy-yes.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.livemint.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3472" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/regulations/default.aspx">regulations</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/SEBI/default.aspx">SEBI</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/stock+exchange/default.aspx">stock exchange</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/India/default.aspx">India</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/regulators/default.aspx">regulators</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/takeover+regulations/default.aspx">takeover regulations</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/creeping+acquisition/default.aspx">creeping acquisition</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/special+interests/default.aspx">special interests</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/securities/default.aspx">securities</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/business/default.aspx">business</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/regulator/default.aspx">regulator</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/shares/default.aspx">shares</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/tender/default.aspx">tender</category><category domain="http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/initial_private_opinion/archive/tags/buy+back/default.aspx">buy back</category></item></channel></rss>