Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, March 28, 2003
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COLUMNS OFFHAND Author's perils RECENTLY I wrote a book. I hear a deafening chorus of voices say: "What's the big deal? Everybody who has a book in his belly brings it out!" Well, if it means anything to you, I wrote a book of reminiscences. Again the chorus: "Who asked you to? ... More SLOWBURN Sleeping with the enemy I AM surprised that the Bush/Blair twins are surprised that their armies are surprised at meeting resistance in Iraq. If they had called me before going to war with Iraq, I could have told them they would have a war on their hands. Before the war ... More FOCUS New excise system makes steel dearer to consumers For the products of integrated steel plants sold through stockyards the implication was that post-manufacturing expenses, such as freight and distribution charges were made part of the assessable value for excise duty payment. More ON MINT STREET Clean up co-op banks to tap `project loans' again THE Finance Ministry, RBI and Nabard have jointly revived the idea of writing off losses of well over Rs 6,000 crore held by the co-operative credit system. Going by talk on the Mint Street, the template for the grand idea is the Capoor ... More EAR TO THE GROUND 
`Parental' care for Nestle?FAST moving consumer goods company Nestle India counter saw increase in the trading volumes on Thursday. Dealers said there were talks of the company's Swiss parent Nestle SA picking up the shares from the secondary market through a foreign ... More SENSOR Private sector banks lose even as PSUs gain EIGHTH day of the US-Iraq war spelt gloom in the bourses with the benchmark indices closing in the negative territory. The BSE Sensex slid 26.79 points to close lower at 3116.79. The broad benchmark index Nifty declined 11.15 points to close at ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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