The Hindu Business Line : Friday, July 25, 2003

CBI in the dock
THE Opposition was entirely within its right to demand as vociferously as it did an answer from the Government in Parliament over whether the CBI watered down its case against the Deputy Prime Minister and Home ... More

MICROSCOPE

Margin expansion boosts SBI net
STATE Bank of India's performance in the first quarter of 2003-04 was on expected lines. The net profit growth of nearly 20 per cent was always on the cards given that incremental cost of funds for banks has been much lower than 5 per cent for ... More

SAY CHEEK

Old age comes at a bad time
AT last all the Sonia's men have discovered that our PM has got too old to go on. I am sure a crack team would be investigating how the truth got out, while another keeps working on how to keep age from not showing. The only ageing that matters ... More

MARK TO MARKET

Free-float Sensex — To what purpose?
THE Bombay Stock Exchange's decision to move to a free-float index from September 1, 2003 is unlikely to make significant difference to portfolio managers. This article takes a critical look at some of the reasons cited ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Block deals in Pantaloon Retail

ON THE HEDGE

Tata Engg: Outlook positive, buy Aug 215 calls
THE following strategies are based on Thursday's trading in the derivatives trading on the NSE: Equity options Tata Engg: The outlook on this stock appears positive. Note that the total open interest position as a percentage of ... More

SENSOR

Heavy buying sparks sharp rally in Sensex
STRONG buying interest in the index heavyweights in the last half-an-hour of the day's trading session helped the BSE Sensex rally by 90.18 points (or 2.52 per cent) to close at 3,668.07 points. In relative terms, the S&P CNX Nifty recorded ... More

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