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It is budget season in Asia
The February 28 exercise in New Delhi was preceded by one in Singapore, and is to be followed by another in Hong Kong. V. Anantha-Nageswaran looks at what has been done in one city-state and what the other is likely to do. More

ON THE MOVE


Freight movement — Wagons shortage may derail target
THE Railways has targeted an increase of 25 million tonnes of originating traffic to reach the total of 540 million tonnes in 2003-04. The question which naturally arises in this conext is: Are there sufficient number of rakes to move the ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW


Despite Budget hopes... . Market may be edgy on war fears
AMID a renewed battle cry, the stock market, worldwide were tossed between passion and circumspection last week. This week also markets are likely to remain on tenterhooks as the world remains sharply divided over a bloody conflict in the Gulf ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


Good time for players to rework their strategy
MR JASWANT Singh's maiden Budget has presented a major opportunity for the market to rework its strategy for the coming months. If you are a discerning investor, you must have already spent considerable time over the week-end, thinking about your ... More

ADR WATCH


Jaswant Singh's pronouncements make little impact
DESPITE war threat, the US markets finished the week on (Friday) positive note on hopes that better-than-expected reports on economic growth and Midwest manufacturing figures would boost corporate profits. The recovery was not enough to push ... More

STOCKS TO WATCH


Will numbers clip Budget blip?
THE stocks from the two-wheeler industry do not have much to cheer about as far as the Budget proposals are concerned. It remains to be seen how the stock market reacts to the monthly sales number reported by these companies. Bajaj has reported a ... More

RANDOM WALK


VAT's the matter
It is more than unfortunate that the issue of VAT is not being adequately debated in the Legislative Assembly. There are opposing views on the role and significance of VAT. More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


Cotton prices may move down
NYCE cotton futures rallied higher on speculative buying mostly. May, which is the active contract now climbed higher after hitting stops in spite of a huge long position by funds. However, the volumes have not been heavy and that puts a doubt ... More
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