The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 29, 2003

Parties in a flux
POLITICAL parties, wherever they exist as a distinct part of the polity, have been in an identity crisis for some time now. The first to find itself thrown off its moorings was Britain's Labour Party. Margaret ... More

ON THE MOVE

How Railways made tracks in India
NO REVOLUTIONS in technology have as visibly marked the human condition as those in transport. Moving goods and people, they have opened up continents, transformed living standards, introduced new cultures and spread ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Indices may take a pause
LAST week, the BSE Sensex improved by 3.92 per cent, while the S&P CNX Nifty gained 4.9 per cent. According to technical analysts, the Sensex took support from 4120 points level, which could be viewed as the floor if the current short-term upward ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Exiting from funds never an easy task
LIFE at present is not quite easy for the average investor in equity funds. The stock markets have been extremely choppy in recent days. Net asset values of equity funds have been bobbing up and down, adding to the general discomfort of the ... More

ADR WATCH

MTNL, ICICI Bank in limelight
THE US stocks fell last week on concern over oil prices following the OPEC's decision to cut oil production. Eastman Kodak also aided the fall after the company cut its dividend for the first time. The tech-focused Nasdaq dropped six per cent ... More

INDIA INTERIOR

Where the Gandhian logic still works
IN 1982, a Gandhian, Dr Manibhai Desai, set out for Lachhakadi village, Vansda taluka, and stayed put in an Adivasi hut for three years chewing over solutions to halt forever the routinely wasteful migration of poor Adivasis to cities. He was ... More

RANDOM WALK

Corporate spirituality
Until not very long ago, a company's worth and standing pivoted almost exclusively around its financial performance. In much of corporate India, this is still so, as companies seek to merely maximise profits. More

MARK TO MARKET

Are FDs immune to interest rate falls?
THE point raised by Mr Madhukar, CMD of United Bank of India, at the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry on whether a continual decline in interest rates will affect savings is worth debating. Prima ... More

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