The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 12, 2003

TN under scan
WITHOUT much fanfare, and perhaps without even the legislators and the media persons knowing about it, the World Bank has undertaken a micro-scan of the finances and indices of overall governance of Tamil Nadu in collaboration with local research ... More

GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW

Global implications of SARS
With the economic kick that it has delivered, particularly in Asia, SARS is very much alive. V. Anantha-Nageswaran looks at the impact on the world economy of the virus and raises many unanswered questions. More

WIDE CANVAS

The flickering lamp
The most important merit of Mr Vajpayee's Srinagar offer was that an impression was clearly given that New Delhi was willing to sit down and talk to Islamabad without any pre-conditions which, in fact, was what marked out the initiative at the time f rom the sparring that was going on between the sides over the past year and earlier. More

ON THE MOVE

SCI: Looking abroad for takers — But is a global roadshow necessary?
HAVING failed to find a domestic buyer, the Government is all set to launch an international road show to sell the Shipping Corporation of India. Going by news reports, a team consisting of SCI officials, bureaucrats from the Shipping Ministry ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Tech counters may rejoice on Intel Corpn's guidance
THE domestic stock market looking more outwardly these days. According to a section of market players Intel Corporation's results and the sharp upward move of the Nasdaq Composite on Friday are likely to influence sentiment, at least for the tech ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Small investors — Are they neglected ones?
THERE aren't too many things you could do with Rs 500. That amount will fetch you little in a five-star hotel. It may just be enough for a branded shirt at a downmarket garment store. It will also get you units in some mutual funds, the minimum ... More

GLOBAL MONITOR

Dollar concerns push gold higher
WEAKNESS in US dollar and strong euro pushed gold higher last week. The yellow metal tried hard to push above $345 an ounce, but resistance at the level and strong tone in the equity markets restrained a further upward march. There was also ... More

ADR WATCH

US rally pushes up Indian counters
THANKS to positive announcements from computer-related companies such as Nvidia Corp and Intel Corp, the US benchmark indices witnessed their longest rallies since last October-November. While Nvidia Corp, which makes graphics chips for Microsoft ... More

STOCKS TO WATCH

Canara Bank: Interest hinges on performance
Quite a few banking companies have come up with improved performance for the previous fiscal. This in turn has led to an improvement in market sentiment in the past few weeks. Canara Bank is scheduled to hold its board meeting on May 12 to ... More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Quo Vadis, Queen Mary's College
QUEEN Mary's College is on the same road that hosts Stella Maris College but does not enjoy the benefit of luck that the latter has. Stella is so close to the CM's residence, is not a government college and is more hip. Yet, QMC could well be ... More

RANDOM WALK

Stretching a season
ANYONE who wanders into Goa in the hot and sweaty month of March might be surprised to see countless travellers and tourists taking in the sights and sounds of this most iconic of Indian beach destinations. Isn't the tourist season over, you ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bearishness in offing for cotton
NYCE cotton futures closed strongly higher on Friday on trade and speculative buying after sinking to two- month lows on fears of cancellations by China because of a flu-like viral outbreak there seem to be dissipating. Fears a viral outbreak ... More

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