The Economic Times Weekend Platter

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The ET Weekend Platter offers the round up of the news that you missed during the week. We bring to you the most-read news, investment corner, stock wrap-up, issue that hogged headlines, editor's picks and the most happening trend stories from across sectors, for you to savour at your conveniance. Happy reading. Stimulus bill not to impact H-1B visa holders Despite concerns over curbs on use of the H-1B visas, impact of this provision may not really be high on Indians. IT cos that received maximum H1B visas Hold your investment till 'the elections' Time is not conducive for retail investors to invest and should sit on cash, experts feel. Gainers: BSE ( A, B ), NSE | Losers: BSE ( A, B ), NSE I 52 Wk: High, Low IIM-I logs 100% placement, average salary down 20% Indian Institute of Management Indore has wrapped up its two-phase final placement process with the entire batch getting placed. Layoffs in IT sector Story of the Week Bill Gates regains world's richest title with $40 bn Warren Buffett, last year's richest man, fell to second place with $37 bn, while Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim took third place with $35 bn. Stock Round up Sensex ends 5% up on hopes of economic revival Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex closed at 8756.61, up 412.86 points or 4.95 per cent. The index touched an intra-day high of 8793.21 and low of 8480.74. ET Features Billionaire homes boast of gold-plated pool, underwater music It is not just billions of dollars that make them special but the way they live their lives king-size also sets them apart from crowd. M&As, PE deals dip by over 60% in two years India Inc's merger & acquisition and private equity deal activity has shrunk by over 60% in the first two months of the year. Personal Finance Payment detail filing must for insurers Life insurers to provide statement of payments made to all intermediaries. Book losses to lower tax burden Sell now and buy back shares in the next financial year, advise analysts. Corporate Trends Recession-hit billionaires selling castle, jets and yachts The richie-rich of the world are out to dispose of all their costly belongings, including castles, yachts, private jets and even soccer team. Mukesh and Mittal lead Indian businessmen in Forbes' list As many as 29 Indians lost their billionaire status entirely as stock market tumbled 44% in the past year and the rupee depreciated 18% against the dollar.		Visual Treat Apple unveiled a minuscule new iPod Shuffle that doubles music storage space to 4 GB and holds about 1,000 songs. AP Editor's Pick Recession to be longest in postwar period Zero inflation but food still costly Realty prices show major decline Most Read Stories Office of US' Indo-American info czar searched Apple's smaller iPod that talks, holds 1,000 songs NRI Rajesh Gill sues MF Global in UK court Citi profitable in 2009's first 2 months: CEO Pandit Bharti Airtel CEO to continue as CEO, joint MD Offbeat Bernard Madoff's statement: How I did it Text of Madoff's prepared plea allocution statement, delivered in US District Court in New York. Letter to the editor Eid-e-Gulabi Revered Sufi saints Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia and Ameer Khusro in their chaste Persian and Hindvi, have praised the festival of Holi generously.

News by Industry
	Infotech IBM, KKR, iGate submit EoIs for Satyam Indian version of G-Earth causes security worries Your Money Why women need exclusive financial products? MF industry recovers as income funds rock Auto Bajaj's low cost car to miss 2011 deadline Over one lakh i10 domestic sales in 2008 Taxes & You Tax dept to be consulted before changing Form I Your house is your personal tax haven!

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