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Negligent Karnataka
RECENTLY, I had occasion to go on a sightseeing tour of Kerala and Karnataka with my relations who had come from the US. Kerala lived up to the brand image it has successfully built up all over the world as "God's own ... More

WIDE CANVAS


`Chicken and egg' problem
Assistance from the rich is conditioned on the "governance performance" of the poor, which really is tantamount to begging the question as the poor are poor because of improper and weak governance, among other things. More

ON THE MOVE


Will IOC pipeline leave Haldia dock high and dry?
The crude pipeline proposed to be laid by the IOC between Paradip and Haldia, bypassing the Haldia dock, may not bode well for the dock's future, as crude transport accounts for half its throughput. Will an alternative plan save the day for Haldia? More

A RINGSIDE VIEW


Market may witness volatile movement
Commencement of the monsoon session of Parliament this week is considered among the worrying factors by the market as the politicians have the nasty habit of springing negative surprises during the sessions. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


It will be survival of the fittest
IN the end, size does matter. That aphorism, perhaps one that is best debated at business schools, holds true in the Indian market for mutual funds, marked as it is by an assortment of players, big and small, domestic and foreign, FI-backed and ... More

GLOBAL MONITOR


Gold under strain on economic recovery hopes
GOLD managed to hold reasonably well against pressure from a stronger US dollar through the week. Financial markets generally tried to sustain greater optimism about the economic outlook following an anticipated improvement in growth later this ... More

ADR WATCH


Infotech counters slip on Wipro effect
THANKS to a strong performance by software leader Microsoft Corp, the US stocks reversed their downward direction; as a result the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.75 per cent, its third straight weekly advance. Despite the late-day rally, ... More

STOCKS TO WATCH


Counting numbers...
Satyam Computer: The earnings announcement due on July 24 will have a critical bearing on the price trends in the stock. The fairly impressive revenue growth in Infosys and the insipid performance of Wipro have raised the ambiguity ... More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED


Here comes the cop with a deadly knife
IN movies, there is nothing unusual in portraying businessmen as greedy monsters, bosses as exploiting leeches, and the rich as spoiled brats. These are the stereotypes and that also explains why mothers-in-law are uniformly cruel and ... More

RANDOM WALK


Taxiless Tuesday
VISITORS to Kerala are well-advised to ask themselves not if, but when, there will be a general strike in the State. Take the case of a person from Chennai known to me. For the past three years or so, she has been coming regularly to get work ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


Cotton prices may head north
NYCE cotton futures ended firmer on Friday on speculative buying on forecast of higher prices by the influential US cotton merchant, Mr William Dunavant Jr, Chief Executive of Dunavant Enterprises. Dunavant forecast a bullish scenario for the ... More
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