The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 28, 2003

Malimath report
THE Committee on the Criminal Justice Delivery System headed by Justice V. S. Malimath has gone in for a clean break from the past as regards principles of evidence and trial governing criminal justice which were hitherto regarded as immutable ... More

GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW

Which way will wind blow in May?
If consumers are taking a cautious line and there is little reason to take capital-spending indicators seriously, where does it leave the economy? This also does not help rosy expectations for corporate profits that Wall Street has pencilled in. For now, only the adage, `Sell in May and go away' for equities, may work, says V. Anantha-Nageswaran. More

WIDE CANVAS

State of world trade
WITH THE Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) clouding the planet's horizon as of now, fears are being expressed worldwide that the prospects of the international economy will be hard hit during 2003. More specifically, any major epidemic ... More

ON THE MOVE

Strikes are passé in market economy
The Indian Pilot Guild's belligerent attitude and demands are as unreasonable as the issues raised by the truckers during their strike. And they are only counter-productive in a heterogeneous and free market environment. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Market may plumb even lower depths
THE stock market this week is likely to plumb lower depth as weakened bulls make desperate attempts to prop sentiments. Bears seemed to be in command last week, though bulls (including a fund manager of Singapore variety), were somewhat ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

MFs need to tone up disclosures
IT'S difficult to state for sure how many investors actually sift through the periodical communications sent out to them by fund houses. The quarterly or annual notations complete with basic information on portfolios and the fund managers' ... More

GLOBAL MONITOR

Gold trading above $330/oz; equities gain
GOLD continued to trade above $ 330 an ounce the whole of last week, well supported by a host of factors including the weaker dollar, concerns over company earnings results, soft economic data releases, North Korea admitting to having nuclear ... More

ADR WATCH

Satyam Computer finishes firm on guidance note
AFTER a promising start, the US market gave up most of the gains during last week after a US government report showed gross domestic product grew at a slower pace than expected last quarter amid the war in Iraq. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose 0.6 ... More

SAY CHEEK

Throwing the baby with bathVATer
THERE was all that hype that VAT would come zipping in on April 1 and so the trade protested that it should not come. On the appointed day, as an anticlimax, nobody knew whether it was on or not. As the day wore off, we came to learn that it ... More

STOCKS TO WATCH

Numbers to drive 2-wheelers
With the top two-wheeler companies such as Bajaj, Hero Honda, TVS Motor slated to report their sales performance for the month of April, the market activity in these stocks could perk up in the current week. The share price of the three top ... More

RANDOM WALK

Flight of germs across borders
There are lessons that Kerala can learn from the SARS affair. With a fairly efficient and well-established network of healthcare infrastructure, the State should be able to cope with any outbreak of the epidemic. But it has to be prepared, and study what other countries are doing. More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Spillover buying may continue in cotton
NYCE cotton futures closed higher on Friday on option-related buying triggered by stop-loss buy orders that reversed steep declines from a day earlier. Local and some short cover buying, along with option buying, moved prices up and out of a ... More

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