COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Sticking to guns
MR P. A. SANGMA, one of the most effective and affable Lok Sabha Speakers India has seen after Independence, has all but left the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Only the last rites remain. Mr Sharad Pawar and Mr ...
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FINANCIAL SCAN
Economic theories prove inadequate for current realities
The dollar has fallen sharply against the euro and yen with absolutely no impact on inflation. The latest addition to the fantasy world of rising Government debt and debt-GDP ratio amid falling inflation and interest rates is India.
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REFLECTIONS
Of enthralling ashtavinayaks
Some ashtavinayaks have their trunks turned to the right and the belief is the Lord obliges every demanding prayer of his bhakta; others have it to the left and one is not sure if they can deliver, in modern management jargon.
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DOWN TO EARTH
Poll politics 2004
With the country getting into election mode, political parties are readying to do their best, or worst, to grab control of a liberalising India that wants to be a superpower.
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RANDOM WALK
Kerala and the World Social Forum
AS the ongoing World Social Forum (WSF) at the sprawling NESCO grounds in Mumbai's Goregaon suburb draws to a grand close on Wednesday, nearly 100,000 men, women and youth will be packing their bags to return to the 132 countries they came ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
GAIL under FII drilling
THE GAIL (India) stock has seen a sharp fall in the last few days. Dealers said the selling was mainly from a leading FII. Talk in the market is that this FII had recently bought a large quantity of the company's GDRs, which are now being ...
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ON THE HEDGE
Tata Tea: Outlook negative, short January futures
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segments on the NSE: Tata Tea: The stock closed at Rs 370 in the spot market. The outlook on the stock appears negative. The downside price target is ...
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SENSOR
All-round selling pulls down Sensex
THE benchmark indices were trying to hold their ground in the positive territory for the former part of the day. Owing to the intense selling pressure, the BSE Sensex plunged by 141.99 points to 5,922.11 points and the S&P CNX Nifty down by ...
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