COLUMNS
DETAXFICATION
Blinkers off, and veil pierced in colourable deals
EDWARD Keventer P Ltd vs Dy CIT, that came up before the Kolkata ITAT is about the power of I-T authorities to go after truth. To determine whether a transaction is sham or illusory, a device, ruse or ...
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E-DIMENSION
Babus are not accountable and netas can be ignorant
A MINISTER throws tantrums about his portfolio, another makes a shocking statement that pulls down the markets, and yet another talks as if economics did not exist. Those who voted silently are resigned to watching and ...
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MICROSCOPE
Dr Reddy's: Overcoming odds
DR Reddy's will probably regard 2003-04 as one of the more challenging years in recent times. The possibility of the company launching a version of Pfizer's blockbuster anti-hypertensive Norvasc in the US market occupied centrestage for the best ...
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SBI: Robust profit growth; business growth lags peers
STATE Bank of India has unveiled a 48 per cent growth in profits before provision and contingencies boosted by an increase of 81 per cent in profits from sale of Government securities. Prudent provisions for bad loans however ensured that net ...
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SAY CHEEK
When the Guv talks, listen
EVEN as his predecessor was going through a political tug-of-war in the process of becoming the PM, Dr Y.V. Reddy went through a different tortuous exercise, that of announcing this year's Credit Policy. But people were too distracted by allies ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
`Zooms' on fund interest
IN an otherwise volatile market, media and entertainment stocks Zee Telefilms and Sri Adhikari Brothers Television, stood firm ending the day in positive territory. While fund interest propped up the counter of Zee Telefilms, there is talk of ...
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ON THE HEDGE
Reliance: Outlook negative, sell June futures
THE following strategies are based on Friday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segments on the NSE: Reliance Industries: The stock closed at Rs 434 in the spot market. The recent uptrend of Rs 86 appears to be a retracement to ...
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SENSOR
Sensex tumbles on broad-based selling
THE markets were swamped by across-the-board selling on Friday, as the contents of the Common Minimum Programme announced by the new ruling alliance and data on FII pullouts from Indian equities over the past week combined to heighten uncertainty ...
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