The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 03, 2003

Strong feet
ON THURSDAY, the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi, said: "As long as I am HRD Minister, I will not allow the education sector to be opened up for commercialisation or allow it to come under any Western influence". ... More

E-DIMENSION

Masked accounting, quarantined governance
WE NOW know that the deadly SARS was festering in China for months though the authorities there played down the threat and kept the media in the dark. Coming under pressure, the blackout about the disease is slowly lifting and the Ministry of ... More

MICROSCOPE

ACC: Volumes buzz, profits dip
ACC has buckled under the strain of lower cement prices to suffer a 27.2 per cent decline in sustainable earnings (that is profits excluding one-time incomes and expenditures). The decline is even more pronounced at the level of pre-tax earnings ... More

Ashok Leyland: A wobbly fourth quarter
DESPITE a very ordinary fourth quarter, Ashok Leyland (ALL) has managed an impressive growth in earnings and revenues for the 2002-03 fiscal year. ALL saw a 13.80 per cent drop in its profit before tax and extraordinary items during the fourth ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Bharat Forge gains on number hopes
THE stock of Kalyani Group company, Bharat Forge, seems to be gaining steam ahead of its financial results, touching a 52-week high on the exchanges on Friday. According to dealers, the market expects the company to post good numbers on ... More

SENSOR

IT, bank stocks steal the limelight
THE market was news-driven with buying interest in selective counters. With stock-specific gains, the benchmark indices managed to end the day in the positive territory. The BSE Sensitive Index was up 6.84 points at 2968.83 as against the ... More

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