The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Managing oneself
THE flavour of the season among management gurus is self-management. Indeed, it has even made it to the sancta sanctorum of Universities, including Harvard, as a topic hot enough to figure in seminars and publications. The academe has apparently ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

Time for a Fed pause?
The scales on the eve of the FOMC meeting seem evenly balanced. More

DOWN TO EARTH

Maharashtra sugar cane farmers — Bitter deal from weather, government
Sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra's Golden Triangle have been dealt a double whammy — by the floods that destroyed much of their crop and by the Government's disregard for their plight. Not only does the Government claim it cannot pay them the S MP, it forbids them from selling where they will get a better price. And while a package for rebuilding co-operatives has been announced, one wonders if there is a provision for the refund of locked-up share-money and dividends to the farmers, who ar e major stake-holders in the system, says Sharad Joshi. More

INDIA INTERIOR

Watching the bustard & blackbuck
SINCE 1984, 38-year-old watchman Bhagwat Baliram Maske, has been privy to the lifestyle of generations of the Great Indian Bustard in the grasslands of Nanaj, about 20 km from Solapur. Living in Nanaj village, Maske cycles to the Mardi sambar ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Faze Three jumps on exit move
THE rumour about Faze Three, a textiles manufacturer and exporter, doing the rounds on the Street is that it has planned to exit from V R Woodart, its loss-making rubber wood furniture making subsidiary. Mr Ajay Anand, MD of the company, ... More

SENSOR

Late hour surge puts Sensex in positive territory
THE markets broke yet another record with the bellwether indices reaching new highs. The Rita hurricane and oil price factors were thrown to the winds. Unsatisfied hunger for more equity investments in frontline stocks appears to be the prime ... More

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