![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, April 24, 2003 |
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COLUMNS ACCOUNT SPEAK Nothing to share GIVEN a choice, not many may opt to meet an accountant in preference to a dentist, salesman or an ex-spouse. Accountants shun people; and vice versa. So, when the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) joins an initiative to ... More IMPRESSIONS Uncertain prospects YEAR1999. Rumblings began when the giant finance company Long Term Capital Markets collapsed all too suddenly. What ensued in the following years is an unprecedented avalanche; bottoming out of hi-tech companies, disappearance of dotcoms and ... More MICROSCOPE
Reliance: Profitability under pressure in Q4It is interesting to note that interest costs have actually declined, both during the quarter and the year meaning that the pressure on profits has been entirely from manufacturing and raw material expenditure. More
ON MINT STREET The hidden cost of cheap-funding FCI FOOD credit is a given, constant factor of the financial system and no bank can demur from funding the sick Food Corporation of India (FCI). The RBI orders most of the nationalised banks to put up funds at around 11 per cent (the prime lending ... More EAR TO THE GROUND Results still weighing down HLL FAST moving consumer goods giant Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) seems to be reeling under the disappointing numbers it posted for the quarter. Dealers said that the counter has been witnessing some selling pressures over the past few days and ... More ON THE HEDGE Tata Steel: Outlook negative, buy May 125 puts THE following strategies are based on Wednesday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options Tata Steel: The outlook on this stock is negative. The downside price target is Rs 115. The risk is that momentum buying ... More SENSOR Good numbers fail to enthuse market THE Benchmark BSE Sensex spiralled down on Wednesday as index heavyweights continue to drag it down for the second consecutive day. The strong quarterly growth earnings registered by Reliance Industries failed to induce buying interest in the ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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