The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 10, 2003

Embedded or in bed?
FOR THE first time during the recent Iraq war, the Americans came up with the rather bizarre idea of "embedding" media representatives in the various military formations. This was ostensibly to stop unauthorised ... More

WIDE CANVAS

Chimera of economic pre-eminence
FIVE WEEKS ago, Goldman Sachs dropped a bombshell when it suggested in one of its periodic global papers that the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) were poised to take on the economic leadership of the ... More

ON THE MOVE

Draft outline of Sagar Mala project — Forging strong links in the transport chain
The draft outline on the Sagar Mala project gives definite shape to a great idea by adopting a holistic approach aimed at developing an integrated transport system that takes the pressure off road and rail. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Broader indices likely to outdo benchmarks again
In the first phase, from April 28 to September 9, it was seen that broader indices outperform the Sensex because of large participation by retail investors in the mid- and small-cap stocks. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Select sector funds do well
Investment in sector funds has some merit. They do well when their chosen sectors move up, giving investors a chance to exit after booking profits at higher levels. More

ADR WATCH

Infy, Dr. Reddy's hit new 52-week high; MTNL in limelight
THANKS to better-than-expected reports on unemployment, manufacturing and construction, equities at the US bourses rallied smartly. Buoyed by these, the S&P 500 gained 0.2 per cent to 1053.21 last week; the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained ... More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Consult the dictionary when in difficulty
CONCORDE'S nose cone is now memorabilia stuff. But if you were to put your nose in Concord, New Hampshire, where the state's Supreme Court is located in "One Noble Drive", you can get to know something memorable. They have redefined ... More

RANDOM WALK

Yet another business meet by Kerala
LAST week Mr P.K. Kunhalikutty, Kerala's Minister for Industries and IT, announced that the State Government would organise a business-to-business meet in Kochi from February 12-14, 2004, especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The ... More

MARK TO MARKET

Investors should consider risk-adjusted returns
RISK management is likely to get an impetus in India with the entry of global risk management firms such as Riskmetrics. This US firm recently tied up with XLRI, Jamshedpur to facilitate the latter's risk management ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE

Running ahead of reality
If China and India maintain their high growth rates for the next decade and more, and if Japan finally emerges out of its economic funk, then Asia would become the global economic centre of gravity. Its stock markets need not be slave to developments in the US economy or in the American stock market. However, that is work in process, says V. Anantha Nageswaran. More

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