The Hindu Business Line : Friday, July 18, 2003

Misguided sympathy
LEADERS of political parties in Tamil Nadu who have issued statements in support of the strike by Government employees and criticised the Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, for her handling of it, are committing three big ... More

REFLECTIONS

A green nook
A forest in Mumbai is like a crèche for the city's stressed. More

SAY CHEEK

Cow medicine and yellow cake
Thanks and god bless Mr George Daniels. I look fondly at all the cows on Mada Street because they now gleam like cash cows. But money does not hang like low-hanging fruit, does it? More

ON MINT STREET

Govt in no mood for banking reforms
Some time ago a senior office bearer of IBA had talked of a cut in PLR by 0.50 percentage point, but then that is being taken as a one-off statement. More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Essar Shipping gains on deal talk
THE counter of Essar Shipping has been attracting lot of institutional interest over the last few days. In fact on Thursday, the stock saw heavy volumes along with rise in the price. The stock gained 8.38 per cent to close at Rs 15.35 with ... More

ON THE HEDGE

M&M: Outlook negative, short August futures
THE following strategies are based on Thursday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options M&M: The outlook on this stock is negative. The open interest position as a percentage of the market-wide limit is ... More

SENSOR

Old economy stocks drag the index
THE market has literally seen a seesaw movement this week. After a rally on Monday, the benchmark indices dropped on Tuesday only to stage a recovery on Wednesday. Again on Thursday, the indices have registered a sharp drop. After a positive ... More

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