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    GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW


    Path to posterity lies in prosperity
    MUCH has been written about the recklessly optimistic and spendthrift ways of the American consumers. They seem to be a defiantly optimistic lot. One is at a loss to understand what exactly are they defying. It cannot be the state of their ... More

    ON THE MOVE


    Birganj ICD commissioning -- Can the delay be contained?
    The authorities have to find ways and means to cope with the transport lobby to keep the Birganj ICD running. First, the Government may have to issue orders making rail movement of containers mandatory. Another way could be to categorise cargoes to b e moved by the railways and roadways. More

    A RINGSIDE VIEW


    Fireworks unlikely to herald new fiscal in capital market
    THE mood in the domestic capital market is not quite upbeat for the coming week, which is also the first week of the new financial year. The coming week is neither expected to witness any major positive action, nor any big disappointment. The ... More

    POLICY WATCH


    Record $1-b IBRD loan retired last fiscal
    THE weekend marked the end of 2001-02 fiscal, signalling a landmark. This is not because of the dismantling of administered pricing mechanism in the oil and gas sector, ironically on April Fool's Day, but due to the amount of gross inflows ... More

    MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


    MFs see signs of positive trend in equity markets
    A month after the Budget, and with the impact of the tax provisions relating to mutual funds sinking in fully, it may be a good idea to note what fund managers are now stating in their communiqués. On the equity side, there is a jumble of ... More

    ADR WATCH


    Premium rises for Infosys
    INFOSYS Technologies saw its ADR premium widen considerably vis-a-vis the underlying domestic equity at the US markets last week. Infosys ADR now trades at a healthy premium of 71.07 per cent compared with 63.58 per cent during the previous ... More

    AMERICAN PERISCOPE


    Making the corporation listen and act
    IN 1809, Sweden appointed its first ombudsman, a neutral official who would receive and investigate reports of abuses by public officials. This was a parallel channel of information and authority that came with the belief that the regular ... More
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  • Top Stories
    Farm exports freed; thrust to SEZs -- Maran gives Exim policy a friendly push


    `More should be done to build infrastructure' — Mr Michael Everard. BIMCO President

    Bleak export scenario set to change: Maran

    Simplified norms; specific packages

    New initiatives to drive export growth

    Butter oil from New Zealand seized for `under-invoicing'

    Extra revenue outgo on sops at Rs 1,000 cr -- Total outflow may top Rs 27,000 cr in 2002-03

    In Depth
    Inside Kashmir
    Guide to derivatives
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    Looking back
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    `Put a stop to domestic violence' — Dr Sarah Matthew, President, Feminist Assn. for Social


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