The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 14, 2005

India as a brand
THE Brand Summit organised at Chennai last month by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) did not provide a conclusive answer on what could make a brand of India and whether it is already one or, if not, whether ... More

GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW

Rewind the tape, please
Taxing foreign money, as was suggested by the RBI Governor, may, after all, be a good idea. India may not really be able to prevent such hot monies coming and leaving at short notice. How India survives and handles the fallout of the potentially leth al combination of a weaker dollar, higher bond yield and rising oil prices and that too compared to other developing nations would shape not only its short-term growth prospects but also its stature in the world, says V. Anantha Nageswaran. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Tough task ahead for Fidelity
Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more - Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Philosopher & Statesman IF you are an investor in equity funds, one who is tired of ... More

ADR WATCH

MTNL ends firm
FEELING the heat of firm oil prices, the US stocks fell last week. The Dow average dropped 1.5 per cent to 10,774.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 1.8 per cent to 1,200.08 and the tech-focused Nasdaq tumbled 1.4 per cent to 2,041.60, even More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Sermons in stones, and good in everything?
ON the Budget site www.indiabudget.nic.in, an innocuous looking option reads `The Statement under Section 7 of the FRBM Act.' Click it and you'll read the explanation for "deviations in meeting the ... More

MARK TO MARKET

Event risk: To hedge or not to hedge
THE S&P CNX 500 index has climbed over 30 per cent in one year. This movement comes on the back of a sharp climb in the market since April 2003. Small wonder then that investors are nervous that some major event may .. More

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