![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, October 28, 2002 |
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COLUMNS OFFHAND IPRs losing ground THE tidal wave of information technology engulfing the world at breakneck speed is all set to make nonsense of copyrights, patents and trademarks. Those still clinging to these hangovers of the past are facing the risk of being left high and ... More GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW
A world adriftAs the world works off the excesses of the 1990s and confronts fresh problems in terms of terrorist threats, the need of the hour is for enlightened political and economic leadership nationally and globally precisely the commodity that appear s to be in short supply almost everywhere, says A RINGSIDE VIEW Will Reliance lift market gloom? Last week of Samvat set for choppy course THE bears last week decisively generated a fear psychosis in the stock market and challenged bulls to enter the ring. Bear operators took full advantage of the poor liquidity in the market and hammered down the support barriers. After a steady ... More POLICY WATCH Preparing a pension plan LAST YEAR, in his Budget speech, Mr Yashwant Sinha announced that after October 1, 2001, a new pension programme based on defined contributions had been envisaged for all those entering the Central government service. A year later, hardly ... More MUTUAL CONFIDENCE After Birla Mutual... : Waiting for the ace from Bharat Shah THE Indian mutual fund industry will not be the same without Mr Bharat Shah, the senior fund manager with Birla Sun Life who has recently called it quits. Mr Shah has said he will join hands with a couple of "like-minded individuals who share the ... More ADR WATCH Lacklustre earnings affect sentiment THE US stocks maintained the bull-run for the straight third week as investors continued to show confidence. As a result the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.5 per cent to close at 897.65 and 8443.99 respectively while the ... More SAY CHEEK Into fraud-o-sphere A RECENT issue of The Internal Auditor, from the Institute of Internal Auditors, talks about the "3Cs of fraudulent financial reporting", to enumerate the broad categories of reasons why fraudulent financial reporting occurs. This has become ... More STOCKS TO WATCH Reliance Industries: Can we `rely' on it? With Hindustan Lever's performance failing to prop up market sentiment, it remains to be seen what Reliance Industries comes up with on October 31. The company is scheduled to hold its board meeting on Thursday to consider the quarterly ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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