The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 28, 2003

From a sinner to a priest
COMPANY failures make for great stories, though not their resurrections. That WorldCom fell like a giant stirred much dust — with all the drama of scandals such as the `$10 billion plus' accounting irregularities, ... More

IMPRESSIONS

Soft-drinks, hard lessons
IS THE Government report a complete vindication of the soft-drink makers, whose products the Centre for Science and Environment said contained high levels of pesticides? Regardless of the claims and counters, the jury ... More

ON MINT STREET

Time rural credit got better attention
"A KEY challenge will be the financing of rural infrastructure," admits the RBI annual report and argues for "new approaches." The current scenario is decidedly poor. Only about 40 per cent of the net cultivated area is irrigated; technology ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

IBM stake rumour fuels Polaris
POLARIS Software Labs stock has suddenly got the attention of market players over the last couple of days, as witnessed bythe rise in the stock price along with increasing volumes. The interest in the stock is mainly on market talk that IBM ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Outlook positive, buy Sept 270 calls on Tata Motors
THE following strategies are based on Wednesday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options Tata Motors: The outlook on this stock remains positive. The upside price target is Rs 295. The downside risk level ... More

SENSOR

Bank stocks back with a bang
AFTER two days of excitement over the Mumbai bomb blasts, the benchmark indices closed in the positive territory. However, an upmove of 53.27 points or 1.28 per cent to 4205.56 points pales in comparison to the 120.49 points downward movement on ... More

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