The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 14, 2006

OFFHAND
Hats off, IMF!
If a competition were to be held to adjudge which of the international organisations has the most admirable grasp of the obvious, the prize will easily go to the IMF. If you doubt the decision, you should read ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN
The interest rate-stock price conundrum
In the medium and long term, however, if interest rates keep on rising, it is a definite no-no for stocks. Consumer spending, housing, corporate profits and investment will all be affected. Deviations possible in the short-term More

VIEW POINT
Politics of the oil protest
The response of certain political parties to the decision of the Congress to get its State Governments to reduce sales tax on petrol and diesel is gradually entering the realm of confusion, the one certainty being that the interests of the ... More

DOWN TO EARTH
Picking up the resettlement gauntlet
Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will need to be wary in drafting the Bill on the issue of resettlement of project-affected people. More

PLANTATION PANORAMA
Value-based tea export strategy required
What should be the parameter for fixing the tea export target - volume or value? Both. Certainly, chasing volume without fetching a cost-effective higher value will not satisfy the industry. One reason why the export targets are not ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Century Text: `Buying' at lower levels
Dealers confirmed that Century Textiles, which finished 8 per cent lower in a falling market on Tuesday, attracted strong buying interest at lower levels. According to market sources, some HNIs are understood to have bought the stock ... More

Quiet accumulation seen in TCS
Some large international investors have begun a quiet accumulation drive in Tata Consultancy Services stock following the company's recent road shows in the US, the UK and Singapore. According to highly placed overseas fund sources, the Re 1 ... More

SENSOR
Inexorable onslaught keeps all indices in red
In an inexorable bear onslaught just 2 stocks withstand the challenge More