The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 24, 2005

The pain be mine, but thine shall be the praise
IAGO'S problem, in Othello, was about a thought that gnawed `like a poisonous mineral'. For UltraTech CemCo, however, the problem was about a taxman who was gnawing at the company's mine and refusing to grant ... More

VIEW POINT

Long live, Gen Musharraf!
If Gen Pervez Musharraf can win applause from the US Secretary of State for the `good' he is doing to Pakistan, one can expect the US Administration to apply the same yardstick to every other dictator. But where does that leave the world and its demo cratic principles? More

E-DIMENSION

On how much is spent and how it is spent
Growing public expenditure is a persistent problem, both in the developed and the developing countries. In the following review, D. Murali highlights the main factors contributing to expenditure growth and alternatives to improve and sustain expenditure management, based on `four pillars' — rules and fiscal responsibility legislation, risk identification, transparency and accountability, and infrastructure development. More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Some small-caps recover
Some of the small cap stocks, hit by the recent dip in sentiment, today bounced back on emergence of buying. According to market sources, both operators and long-term investors chose to purchase certain stocks at relatively lower levels. ... More

SENSOR

Choppy session ends on a flat note
THE markets saw yet another day of volatility before closing on a flat note. The Sensex rose 0.9 points to 8222.6. Friday morning saw the markets open on a positive note. The bears soon took control and profit-booking dragged the markets deep ... More

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