![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, August 28, 2002 |
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COLUMNS OFFHAND Unbecoming of Government THE Government must be pleased with itself for bringing about the consummation it was devoutly pushing for: Issuing the Ordinance amending the Representation of the People Act with provisions tantamount to a blatant rejection of the Supreme ... More FINANCIAL SCAN Time to lever fiscal policy? AT its last meeting, the US Federal Reserve did not cut interest rates. But it did warn of further downside risks to the economy because of falling confidence and markets. It was more than a hint that the rate-cutting cycle was not yet over. ... More EYE ON THE WORLD The changing focus of power politics THE world has changed greatly since the early 1990s when this column began to keep an eye on it. Historians will say that the change is superficial. But since each generation must find its own answers to the challenges of the age, there is little ... More REFLECTIONS From nirvana to Awara The raindrops and the wind at 1,500 feet are as fresh as they possibly were centuries ago when monks lived at the mountain site. "Its designer rain meant for those who make it to the top," said Vidya. More DOWN TO EARTH Contradictions at Earth Summit Sustainable development will be helped if the governments of rich countries scale down the various subsidies they shower on their farmers and if the governments of poor countries cease to persecute their peasantry. But few heads of state are likely t o take such a global, long-term view. Each of them will want to defend his own national interests and agenda, points out Sharad Joshi. More ON MINT STREET Branch licensing Reserve Bank needs to unfetter banks BRANCH licensing of yore may not hold for the future, thanks to technology. On-line ATMs and computer systems can do away with the need of managing a large number of branches, apart from reducing costs. Bankers have been quietly urging RBI to ... More INSIDE BUSINESS
What put TVS Motor on the fast track againThe success of TVS Motor's Victor motorcycle has as much to do with a winning product as the transformation of the organisation into a marketing savvy one. Raghuvir Srinivasan and Vinay Kamath narrate the story behind its success. More
From the grassroots EAR TO THE GROUND Block deal in Indo-Gulf TRADING volumes in Indo-Gulf Corporation on Tuesday surged on renewed buying interest in the counter. According to dealers, a block deal of 19 lakh shares at Rs 53 per share was done in the counter. Rumour has it that the order was placed by a ... More ON THE HEDGE Consider bear spread on Satyam THE following are some buy/sell strategies based on Tuesday's trading in the derivatives segment at the NSE: Equity options: The outlook on Satyam appears negative. On the downside, the stock may move down to Rs 200, and then to Rs 189 ... More SENSOR Tech stocks drag market down AFTER a two-day rise, the markets ended lower, pulled down by technology stocks. Selling pressure was evident in almost all technology counters. Second-rung tech stocks such as HCL Technologies, Rolta India and Geometric Software ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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