The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Governor as catalyst
THE initiative taken by the Tamil Nadu Governor, Mr P. S. Ramamohan Rao, in his capacity as the Chancellor of Universities in the State, to tone up their working is timely. Education, like weather, is talked about by everybody, with hardly anyone ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

Crunch time for monetary policy
IF a former Deputy Governor of the RBI in charge of monetary policy says so, it must be true. In a recent article, Dr S.S. Tarapore states that there is no instance in economic management of a budget deficit and its monetisation as high as the ... More

REFLECTIONS

Forests speak even in a concrete jungle
"FORESTS have a language and grammar distinct from the cities. I have a problem crossing busy and crowded Mumbai roads but none walking in still forests. The basic rule in a forest is never to talk and be more alert than the forest around you," ... More

DOWN TO EARTH

Farmers want freedom, not panacea
Can farmers be denied access to technologies for reasons that occur to only the extreme purists in the governmental technology establishment? This is the real debate. It is not a mud-slinging match between the champions and opponents of Bollgard; it is a campaign for securing for farmers the freedom of access to technologies that have had fair trials elsewhere in the world. More

FOCUS

Investment in mines certain as Tata Steel focuses on iron ore business
TATA Steel's decision to secure a strong toehold in iron ore business clearly suggests that the management will make fresh investments in its captive mines in Jharkhand and Orissa. Already on a modest scale Tata Steel is into iron ore exports ... More

MICROSCOPE

Punjab Tractors: Drought, fall in sales to blame
PUNJAB Tractors Ltd's (PTL) performance during the just ended fiscal is indicative of the difficult times that the tractors and farm equipment sector is going through. The drought and the resultant drop in tractor sales had led to an over 38 per ... More

SAY CHEEK

Sleeping trucks & walking racks
IT is unusual for something meant to move to be standing, as much as what is supposed to be standing is not expected to be moving. However, we have by now got used to non-moving trucks and lorries just lolling around. But there are many in the ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

US fund sheds Infy, Reliance
THERE has been selling pressure on two leading index stocks — Reliance Industries and Infosys — from a leading US-based FII. The selling in these counters has nothing to do with companies' fundamentals. The talk is that the ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Reliance: Outlook positive, buy May 280 calls
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options Reliance Industries: The outlook on this stock is positive. The upside price target is Rs 300. The risk is that the ... More

SENSOR

Heavyweights weigh on Sensex
THE 30-stock BSE Sensex witnessed a decline on Tuesday after an upward movement on Monday. A drop in the stock price of Sensex heavyweights appears to have dragged the index down. At the end of the trading day, the Sensex was down by 11.43 ... More

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