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Wednesday, August 28, 2002
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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 again
The 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

The heart of a Victor
The bike that has got TVS Motor's adrenalin pumping More

From the grassroots
TVS Motor has perhaps done the most unlikeliest of things in two-wheeler marketing over the past two years. For example, it went to shandies where it had its dealer and the local financier sell mopeds to soyabean farmers. As an incentive, it gave ... More

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
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