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  • The gigantic gravy train

    A RINGSIDE VIEW


    `Not enough impetus for FII flow'
    THE secondary market last week was tossed between hope and despair. The general impression among the market players was that the volatility-induced fatigue had not only been telling on the indices, but also on the business volumes. The opinions, ... More

    POLICY WATCH


    Corporate ethics, where art thou?
    A WEEK ago, when the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India board was busy discussing the proposal for buying out the shareholding of the A.V. Birla group in MRPL, the man who runs ONGC was waiting outside the boardroom. It was not that ... More

    MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


    Tech funds nimble; better BSE IT index
    IN these days when equity markets are seen as destroying value, leading technology funds are on a roll, their portfolios mutating quickly and fund managers going out of their way to prove their points. The clear winners are software and services ... More

    GLOBAL MONITOR


    Gold market turns volatile
    A VOLATILE week saw gold oscillate between $305 and $315 an ounce on the back of equity and forex market movements as also Indian weather conditions. Importantly, the yellow metal was boosted by reports suggesting possible US military action ... More

    ADR WATCH


    MTNL witnesses unusual activity
    THE US markets seemed to have pushed the negative news, including accounting frauds from corporate America, to the backburner and indulged in bargain buying - helping the markets to finish on a firm note during the week gone by. Last week, ... More

    TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


    NY cotton may head higher
    NYCE cotton futures finished slightly softer on Friday moving both ways as market participants adjusted their positions before Monday's release of the critical USDA monthly supply/demand report. The uncertainty about what the USDA report ... More

    AMERICAN PERISCOPE


    Ethical underpinnings of the corporate malaise
    THIS is election year in the US and that always wakes up the politicians. Come November, there will be mid-term elections to the Congress (that is, upper and lower house) and both parties are worried. With all the legal and ethical violations in ... More
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