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    The primacy of politics
    THERE is little doubt that for a liberal, parliamentary democracy to succeed and flourish, the political life of the society concerned will have to be rich and fulfilling. In other words, the primacy of politics will have to be an established ... More

    A RINGSIDE VIEW


    Divergent trends emerging
    THE S&P CNX 500, broadbased index of the currently active mid-cap stocks, is inching up towards its 15-month high of 815. Last week, it closed around 784. According to analysts, once it crosses the 815-mark, the next resistance is around ... More

    POLICY WATCH


    A dumped concept being revived
    SHORTLY after he took over as the Finance Secretary in mid-1998, Mr Vijay Kelkar floated the idea of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to help expedite the process of disinvestments, and eventually privatisation. A few weeks after Mr Kelkar ... More

    MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


    Equity exposure: Will it be safe this time?
    THERE is a mad rush to build corpus by a number of leading private sector mutual funds. The trend has raised some of the old bogeys, ones that had plagued the market on many earlier occasions. What we see here is a repeat of the usual story, ... More

    ADR WATCH


    Divergent trend in Infosys Tech
    THE growing fear over corporate ethics and an unexpected drop in the University of Michigan index of consumer confidence were enough to sent the US markets to their biggest weekly declines since the aftermath of September 11 terrorist attacks. ... More

    VISION 2020


    Vision 2020 — Dr Kalam's six-point plan
    WE shall soon have a President who presided over the exercise on Vision 2020 conducted by the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), the first organisation to do so in the Government of India. Out of a score of ... More

    TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


    Cotton futures in correction mode
    Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange fell on Friday, on speculative and option related selling taking sell stops on the way. Market is now looking towards Monday's US Department of Agriculture weekly crop progress report. The ... More

    AMERICAN PERISCOPE


    Fixed price and bargaining
    A MATRONLY looking Senegalese woman was standing next to me on the crowded ferry as we approached the capital, Dakar. She wore the traditional flowing garment, boubou, and had a handbag tucked under her right arm. As the boat rocked, we looked at ... More
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