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GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW
When will Fed raise rates?
To expect the Fed chief, Dr Alan Greenspan, to raise interest rates when he views the state of the inflation as a state of nirvana implies considerable confidence in the sustainability of the American economic upswing and the extent of avail able spare capacity, says V. Anantha Nageswaran.
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WIDE CANVAS
Achilles' heel of Indian politics
Tentative efforts have been made to change the electoral laws, but the fear is that such legislation will not be enough to stem the tide that is already gathering force.
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ON THE MOVE
To raise container throughput — Concor to go flat out
BUOYED by more than 21 per cent growth in the throughput of export-import traffic at 1.25 million TEUs in 2003-04 (1.03 m TEUs in 2002-03), the Container Corporation of India (Concor) is looking forward to scaling ...
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Today's exit polls to govern sentiment
Anywhere in the world, the stock markets are generally submissive to the political authority; revolt only when their business interests are trampled upon. The politics, more specifically political ideology, has always been given a short shrift by the markets.
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Funds' initiatives in investor education
IT is good to see the efforts being mounted by some of our leading fund houses to guide lay investors, and more importantly, dispel misconceptions that people often harbour in their minds. Recent attempts by the likes of UTI MF and HDFC MF are ...
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ADR WATCH
Indian counters finish on firm note
LED by Microsoft, which announced better-than-expected sales, and Motorola Inc, which expressed optimistic forecast, the US markets closed last week in positive territory. The tech-focused Nasdaq jumped 2.7 per cent for the week to 2,049.77 while ...
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ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
Merits of meditation during primetime
MANY years ago, deities drank milk. Remembering that now you can have a great laugh. But you would agree that mass madness is not a thing of the past, because everyday thousands, if not millions, of couch potatoes sit and watch crazy soaps on ...
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RANDOM WALK
Rationality, tradition and freedom
LAST week saw some heated action and controversy at the sleepy little village of Elavoor, near Angamaly, where some ardent devotees of the Sree Puthankavu Bhagavathi Temple attempted to carry out the religious ritual of "thookkam", in which a ...
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