![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, November 25, 2002 |
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COLUMNS OFFHAND Mad, mad India! AFTER years of unwarranted cynicism over the state of affairs in my country, I realise that it is actually fun to live in India, and that too, at this time. Where else would you have so many rip-roaring, Rabelaisian plays going on at the same ... More GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW
A case for stocks with incomeThe bull market of the 1980s and the 1990s made dividends unfashionable. But with a possible repeal of double taxation of dividends in the US, dividends would be back in vogue sooner rather than later. Thus, the emphasis must be on accumulation of st ocks that provide income, says V. Anantha-Nageswaran. More ON THE MOVE Kolkata airport must unload problems It is surprising but true that the country's first air cargo complex does not have any terminal for air cargo agents to function. As a result, they are required to shuttle between their city offices and the airport. This is not only time-consuming bu t also operationally cumbersome. A fully modern cargo complex, once developed, can act as the transhipment centre to Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. More A RINGSIDE VIEW Correction may check rally THE stock market changed its course last week. It also seems to have left behind the worries over the elusive bottom. The talking point this week is the possible depth of the oncoming correction after a fairly steady rally. In the last six ... More POLICY WATCH Fast-tracking G-sec trading on screen DURING his year-long stint in North Block as Advisor to the former Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, Dr Rakesh Mohan, now a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, had written several letters to the regulator on debt market ... More MUTUAL CONFIDENCE Count on equities for long-term gains EQUITY investments can make a difference to one's long-term savings, the need for which cannot be over emphasised. Mutual funds can play a very positive role in directing some serious money towards the right equity schemes. However, they need to ... More GLOBAL MONITOR Gold begins to settle down GOLD began last week by easing towards $318 an ounce on modest long liquidation and then spent the rest of the week around that level. And despite a late surge with prices breaking towards $322/oz on further Iraq related jitters on Friday, ... More ADR WATCH IT counters make merry THE upward momentum was unabated during last week both at the US and the Indian stock markets following the better than expected Hewlett-Packard's earnings report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded its seventh straight weekly gain, the ... More FOCUS Trade split on vegoil safeguard duty THE vegetable oil trade and industry is anxiously awaiting the commencement of public hearing following the initiation of safeguard investigation concerning import of edible grade vegetable oils into the country. The office of the Director ... More TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Cotton prices may head lower again NYCE cotton futures prices finished higher on Friday as last-minute rollovers into the March contract lifted prices in light volume, despite bearish weather for crops in the Delta and West Texas. The CFTC reported the Commitment of Traders ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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