The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 31, 2004

E-DIMENSION
On voluntary transactions between consenting adults
FOR ECONOMISTS, all problems are down-to-earth, or more precisely, down to graphs and equations. For philosophers, however, even small things have deep and abstract dimensions. Now, marrying essays in economics and ... More

SAY CHEEK
The rich and poor divide
THERE has always been some problem in naming the poorest among the world. Rich and poor is not the way civilised people would draw lines on the globe. Similarly, under developed is too harsh an epithet, so it is euphemistic to use the developing ... More

ON MINT STREET
RBI paving the way for PSBs' shake-out
THE Reserve Bank of India has facilitated the entry of Indian corporates into owning private banks. Corporates and investors have been placed on par with foreign outfits, which have the freedom to own 74 per cent or even 100 per cent in extant ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Under bear trap
A tug-of-war between bulls and bears that began a week ago is continuing unabated, according to the market grapevine. The bear grip on certain pivotal stocks appears to be quite strong even now. A market source said that a proprietary trader ... More

ON THE HEDGE
Outlook negative for Reliance, GACL
THE following strategies are based on Friday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segments on the NSE: Reliance Industries: The stock closed at Rs 561 in the spot market. The outlook appears negative. The near-term downside price ... More

SENSOR
Negative trend continues in bourses
NEGATIVE sentiment prevailed in the market as the benchmark BSE Sensex ended the last trading day of the week in the negative territory. The 30-stock index fell for the third day in a row by 107.08 points (1.85 per cent). The Sensex opened firm ... More

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