The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 16, 2005

Collect taxes like the bee — gather honey from flowers without causing pain
REGARDING tax, sage Ved Vyas in his famous epic Mahabharat said thus: "State Tax be such which should not prove to be a burden on the subject; the King should behave like those bees which collect honey without ... More

VIEW POINT

PM's Washington visit
AT this juncture, all indications point to the fact that Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US will be of more than usual interest to both New Delhi and Washington. As far as the latter is concerned, there are clear ... More

E-DIMENSION

Universities are too important to be surrendered to dictates of the market
IF YOUR kid has finished school and is now entering university, you probably have new worries to lose sleep over. What may rank low on your anxietylist is corruption in places of learning and policy somersaults, ... More

ON MINT STREET

Price stability, prime concern for RBI
"GLOBAL uncertainties have increased," says the RBI Governor, Dr Y.V. Reddy, and firm crude prices could be the first if not the only uncertainty, ahead of the first quarter review on July 26. International commodity prices have turned sober ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

HFCL jumps on acquisition talk
Is one of the largest global private equity funds, backed by an international bank, taking a significant stake in HFCL? According to market sources, the target acquisition price is double the Friday's closing price of Rs 23.25. Promoters, as ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Small reversal likely in Reliance Ind, ONGC
THE following strategies are based on Friday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE. These strategies are constructed to take advantage of small reversal in futures prices. The positions may run counter to the primary trend. Protective ... More

SENSOR

Markets stage comeback after bear run
THE markets, which opened on a weak note, gave into pressure from the bears as the bellwether indices stepped into negative territory. The negative sentiment failed to hold on for long as the bulls stepped in from nowhere to stage a coup. The ... More

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