The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 17, 2003

FIs crawl out of K10 stocks — Retail investors, who bought them, burn their fingers
FINANCIAL institutions seem to have successfully offloaded their holdings in the scam-tainted K10 stocks to the general public. Almost two years after the Ketan Parekh stock scam broke out in early March 2001, an analysis of the shareholding ... More

Key economic Bills await Parliament nod
THE crucial Budget session of Parliament begins here on Monday with a lot of prominent pending economic legislations such as the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Bill, the Electricity Bill and the Communications Convergence Bill likely ... More

RBI likely to be armed with more penal powers
WISER after two major stock market scams in the span a decade both of which saw heavy involvement of banks, the Government is now planning to deter similar recurrences in the future. In the wake of the criticism from the Joint Parliamentary ... More

Oil cos defer decision to revise prices
OIL companies have deferred a decision on revising the prices of petrol and diesel for the current fortnight. This follows the volatile situation in the international oil market consequent to the possibilities of a US-led attack on Iraq and ... More

War fears... no way, the bags are packed
ARE you sweating it out trying to decide where you should go for the upcoming summer holidays? Or are you worried that the possible outbreak of a conflict in the Gulf region could put paid to your dreams of spending this summer in Europe and the ... More