The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 07, 2006

OFFHAND
Democratic deficit
Over the years, the connotation of democracy in India has been whittled down to mere holding of periodical elections, holding sessions of national and State legislatures and passing of Budgets and assorted ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN
Bernanke spooks markets
Little cheer for both economy, inflation-watchers More

VIEW POINT
Mr Blair's slip is showing
Sometime during the past few days, the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, is reported to have used a low-budget airline scheduled flight to return home from a holiday with his family in Tuscany, Italy. The British papers carried the news ... More

ZERO BASE
Seven reasons for the Sensex rampage
One more day of falls. That's not how one describes the way markets moved on June 6. For, a Sensex dip that shattered the psychological five-digit mark is better clothed with words such as tanking and slipping, plunging and correcting, sliding ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Merck: Attractive at current prices
Merck Ltd, which reported an impressive double-digit growth in its priority brands in last 12 months period ended March 2006, looks attractive at current prices, say dealers. Networth Stock Broking Ltd, which came out with a `buy' report, said ... More

`Sell' report impacts Apollo Hospitals
A recent `sell' report by a foreign brokerage firm on Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd and the bad publicity generated in the Rahul Mahajan case seem to have impacted this stock. On the BSE today, shares of Apollo Hospitals fell by about two ... More