![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, May 06, 2002 |
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COLUMNS OFFHAND WIDE CANVAS Rights of the "little man" THE Supreme Court has once again declared to the nation and the world in a loud and clear voice that the rights and duties of the "little man" on the street forms the kernel of the system of parliamentary democracy being practised in India, the ... More ON THE MOVE
CIWTC: Waiting for a revival waveA WHIFF of fresh air appears to be sweeping through the corridors of the ailing Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC), the public sector river transport company under the administrative control of the Shipping Ministry. After several ... More A RINGSIDE VIEW Side stocks may come into focus THE stock markets seem to have finally emerged out of the dark shadows of the Gujarat mayhem last week, though not entirely out of the woods yet. "Technically, the Sensex is expected to stay weak this week also. The heavyweights do not appear to ... More POLICY WATCH Who will clean up the UTI mess? IN 1996-97, when mutual funds were doing fairly well, the then UTI Chairman wrote to the capital market regulator on what it perceived as a case for creating a level playing field. The issue was simple. While every other mutual fund was in the ... More MUTUAL CONFIDENCE ULIP set to change portfolio to reduce risk WITH so much happening on the insurance and MF fronts, it may not be a bad idea to blend the two in the interest of the lay investor. Not, when one considers the fact that a number of international asset management groups, with a large presence ... More FOCUS Instant tea: Conversion is key THE ruling by the Supreme Court that instant tea is indeed tea and not a different product has to be viewed against the ground realities. As an extension of the operative part of the ruling, the Supreme Court has said that cess under the Tea ... More VISION 2020 Vision 2020: Local skills should enrich rural areas LET us return to the question of generating employment in rural areas. For that purpose, political activists advocate handing over land to the tiller. Most social workers spend their entire lives trying to revive dying crafts. Either way, the ... More SAY CHEEK TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Cotton prices to stay range-bound Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange settled marginally lower on Friday on more follow-through speculative selling and options-related pressure. Disappointment over the passage of the US farm bill has reflected on the prices this ... More AMERICAN PERISCOPE Hyundai's strategy fits Alabama's needs AUTOMOBILE companies in the US are not in a very happy situation. The downturn in the economy has taken its toll on consumer spending. In addition to the economy, Ford Motor Co., the Number 2 automaker, is struggling to adjust to a new strategy ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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