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Thursday, May 01, 2003
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The driver's seat
IT WAS Day 10 of the recent truckers' strike. The normally busy transporters yard close to Thiruvananthapuram's bustling Chalai market was quiet. Some two dozen trucks of different sizes were packed into it, their engines silent and their cargo ... More

FOCUS


Will Railways introduce post of CRS?
WITH the post of the chief safety officer (CSO) in zonal railways made ex-cadre some time ago, a pertinent question is whether the Rail Bhavan will introduce the concept for the post of commissioner of railway safety (CRS) and thereby implement ... More

MICROSCOPE


Input costs weigh on Nestle's margins
DOES a 12.8 per cent growth in net sales and a 21.6 per cent growth in net profit for the quarter ended March 2003, make Nestle India an island of prosperity, amidst poor growth numbers from most FMCG companies? Not really. On the sales front, ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND


HDFC climbs as shedding ends?
AFTER declining consistently last week, the share price of housing finance company HDFC is back on the upward trail. In the last three trading sessions, the stock almost gained over 10 per cent. Dealers said that the main driver behind the rise ... More

SENSOR


Sensex ends in positive terrain
ON a narrow-range trading day, the indices closed marginally higher in positive territory. The BSE Sensex opened the day lower at 2942.42 and rose to an intra-day high of 2962.40. However, it shed its gains towards the end of the day to close at ... More
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