![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, August 12, 2002 |
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COLUMNS OFFHAND 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 Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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