The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Humour in administration
Humour is humour, and administration is administration, and the twain shall never meet, is the popular belief. This is particularly true of Indians, widely held to be singularly devoid of a genuine sense of ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

Corporate bonds seem bargains
Liquidity woes in money market More

DOWN TO EARTH

A poor yield for the farmer
The Government has committed itself to raising the rate of growth of the agricultural sector to 4 per cent. But it has no concrete plans for achieving this. An effective solution would be to develop a land market where farmers on the brink can d ispose of their land, taking advantage of the boom in the real estate market. More

ZERO BASE

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody
Why the concept of `office of profit' is so important and has universal appeal More

SIMPLY...

India calling
It's India Calling. Not quite the call from the call-centre depicted by the popular soap on telly, but more of a clarion call, from Mother India, and quite a few seem to be responding to it. And the response ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

HNIs buying props up Gujarat Apollo
Gujarat Apollo Equipment's market price has surged further away from its rights issue price of Rs 100 a share. The stock on Tuesday closed with a gain of around 16 per cent at Rs 216.05 on the BSE. The counter also ... More

Indian Toners up on growth hopes
Indian Toners & Developers moved up by 14.53 per cent to Rs 34 on the BSE with a jump in traded volumes at 3.07 lakh shares (2-week average 50,419 shares on the exchange). According to market sources, a marked change . More