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Bleeding Gujarat
IT is an explicable sociological puzzle how the State of Gandhi, the apostle of non-violence and Hindu Muslim unity, has since become notorious for outbreaks of communal strife. It becomes much more of a puzzle when it is remembered that ... More

ON THE MOVE


For a maritime constituency
HOW to make the Merchant Navy popular? That appears to be the issue high on the Director-General Shipping's agenda. "The Navy is known to everyone, but the Merchant Navy does not have the same popular image," says Mr D. T. Joseph, DG, Shipping. ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW


Market looks to Infosys guidance
THE equity market seems to have opted for value picks among the counters outside the BSE Sensex basket. This was evident form the advance made by the BSE-200 compared to the Sensex, which saw a moderate net gain of around 32 points over the ... More

POLICY WATCH


No local funds for equity hike in arms -- Govt sees thru MNC gameplan
INDIAN policy makers seem to have learned some lessons the hard way. Last weekend, at a meeting of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), the approval for an MNC — Caltex to hike its equity from 51 per cent to 100 per cent — ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


Balanced funds -- Alliance, Zurich top the list
WITH the average equity fund going nowhere and its debt counterpart on fairly shaky ground, it might be a good idea to look at that often-ignored breed, the balanced fund. Balanced funds as the name suggests have a mix of assets, dispersed over ... More

ADR WATCH


Infy maintains healthy premium
THE premium of Infosys Technologies ADR further widened, ahead of quarterly results, during last week in the US markets. It now trades at a healthy premium of 78.73 per cent compared to the previous week's premium of 71.03 per cent. The ADR ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


Palm oil futures may move down
Crude palm oil futures on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed higher on Friday, on short covering ahead of the weekend. Bullish export and stock figures issued by a private forecaster on early Friday did not have much of an influence on ... More

Cotton prices to head higher
Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange settled fractionally higher on Friday, after spending most of the session in negative territory and within a very narrow range. Sell-stops below the recent low of 37.60 cents and 37.50 cents ... More


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