The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 18, 2005

Needless taxation
SUCCESSIVE Finance Ministers in India have found it hard to resist the temptation of raising existing taxes and imposing new ones without first exploring whether the proceeds they expect to mobilise from them could be ... More

WIDE CANVAS

WTO talks: Time running out
At this point of time, the prospects for the Doha Round of multilateral negotiations concluding by 2006 are bleak. The Dalian, China, meet of important WTO members was just one more pointer in this direction. More

ON THE MOVE

Mega box ships to come calling soon — Time for shippers, ports to gear up
THE next two years, 2006 and 2007, are going to be the "peak season" for new deliveries of container ships. The container vessels due for delivery in next couple of years will increase the total capacity by 3.9 million ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Money flow - the main spinner of market
LAST week, sheer liquidity flow kept the benchmark indices out of the woods. The combined net FII figures were positive. SEBI data for the first four days of the week showed net fresh overseas investment of Rs 1,269.10 crore. However, a ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Investing in sector funds - right always?
No sector has performed without fail every single year. More

ADR WATCH

Infy leads tech slide, VSNL sizzles
THANKS to strong financial performance from corporate majors such as PepsiCo and Apple Computer coupled with robust economic reports on inflation and retail sales boosted the sentiment for the US stocks. The S&P 500 climbed 1.3 per cent to ... More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Some straws for Advani to clutch at
THEY say it's end game for Advani, with continual clamour for his scalp, but let me offer what he may clutch at, even if it be straw, after all: The Trial of Bhagat Singh by A.G. Noorani. The new edition of the book is just out from Oxford ... More

CHAT

To do many things do only one thing at once
Khan was making video-grabs of TV images to see if he could hone his detective skills, and Jogin tried to read HP reviews on the Net after having failed to get a copy! Dakshinamoorthy prayed for world peace at the nearby mandir, but Sridevi sent ... More

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