Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, May 08, 2002
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COLUMNS OFFHAND Keynes is alive! IN the long run, we are all dead, is an oft-quoted quip of Lord Keynes. But, in the long enough run, he is the one, it seems, who comes back to life. At least that is what the US is discovering. A time there was when, in that country, the ... More FINANCIAL SCAN US economy sends out slowdown signals THE US is seeing a sharp rise in unemployment. Data for April showed the unemployment rate at 6 per cent — a jump of over 2 per cent in the space of about 18 months. Part of the increase is being attributed to more people looking for jobs ... More EYE ON THE WORLD The Great Caspian Game This is the Great Game of the new millennium, and the Caspian Sea could be the Persian Gulf of the coming decades. Ostensibly to suppress terrorism, Operation Enduring Freedom secured its approaches for America. More DOWN TO EARTH 
Two nations, two agriculturesTHE conference of the US House-Senate on Farm Bill 2002 is reviewing the agreement announced by the negotiators in a news conference on April 26. The Congress will, most likely, approve the Bill and send it to the President, Mr George W. Bush for ... More MICROSCOPE Ashok Leyland: Other income to the rescue ASHOK Leyland's (ALL) performance in 2001-02 is a repeat of the now all-too-familiar story of a robust fourth quarter compensating for the dull report card in the earlier three. Indeed, from a loss of Rs. 9.40 crore in the first quarter of ... More EAR TO THE GROUND Widia (I) rises on open offer talk THE share price of multinational Widia (India) was locked in the 10-per cent upper circuit filter on Tuesday. The stock closed at Rs 83.15 on the BSE and at Rs 81.60 on the NSE. Volumes too spurted sharply. Volumes on the BSE increased to 18,237 ... More ON THE HEDGE Sell Tata Engineering 135 put THE spot market stayed dull on Tuesday too. Select calls gained value during the day at the derivatives segment on the National Stock Exchange. SENSOR Side stocks hog attention on lacklustre day THOUGH both the bulls and bears were lazy, in terms of the degree of laziness, the bulls seemed to be at the lower end on Tuesday. They managed to evoke some interest in select old economy stocks to support the market. As was expected, the bulls ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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