The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 29, 2002

Why is Greenspan `Mr Reluctant'?
THERE are increasing concerns in the bond market and in market commentary that the US Federal Reserve Chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan, could be leaving short rates too low for too long. It could create an asset market bubble. Unlikely, in my view, ... More

WIDE CANVAS

In the pink of health?
ON THURSDAY, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said in New Delhi that India had nothing to learn from outsiders about secularism and all that. On the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, he told a gathering in New Delhi: "India is being ... More

ON THE MOVE

Insurance cover -- Why do ship-owners still pay more?
HERE is a paradox. Despite better safety systems on board — based on the well-known STCW and ISM code — shipping companies report higher insurance costs. Modern ships are technically advanced, and better communication facilities ... More

POLICY WATCH

Can Listing authority be cure-all for SEs?
THE capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India is at work on another area of corporate governance. This time the talk is of setting up Central Listing Authority (CLA). The case for such a proposal is being built up mainly ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

`Credit Policy unlikely to move away from soft bias'
WITH the curtains finally coming down on the Finance Minister's rollback, the spotlight has now turned to the other great sideshow — the RBI announcement of its credit policy. A number of measures is expected to be laid down and mutual ... More

ADR WATCH

US markets slump on doubts over recovery
WITH the prospects for corporate profit recovery this year seeming dim, as suggested by recent first-quarter profit reports from a couple of leading companies, the US markets slumped to their biggest weekly losses since September. Moreover, the ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

New York cotton futures may move upwards
COTTON futures on the New York Cotton Exchange settled markedly lower on Friday, as news that US legislators had reached a framework agreement on what appears to be a bearish six-year farm bill locked the market into a tailspin. The farm bill ... More

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