COLUMNS
DETAXFICATION
No comments on the quality of investigation
THE Mumbai CESTAT was not too happy when a Commissioner of Customs argued that a certain person's role was "far more clever than other persons involved in the conspiracy", and that "like a professional he has taken care ...
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VIEW POINT
Declining India?
EARLIER THIS week, at least one major daily publicised a note written by the Union Cabinet Secretary, Mr Kamal Pande, in which the declining standards of the nation's bureaucracy were highlighted. Mr Pande wrote, ...
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E-DIMENSION
On a paralysed, sick man of world economy
THE WORLD'S second largest economy has been struggling to save itself. A country that was feared by many in the 1980s for its financial might became `the sick man of the world economy'. And what was once the Japanese ...
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MICROSCOPE
Pfizer: Will 2004 erase bitter taste of 2003?
2003 has proved to be a tough year for Pfizer. If the fall in offtake on account of the confusion surrounding the implementation of the VAT regime and the truckers' strike in the early part of the year were not a drag enough, Pfizer was further ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
FII interest in tech biggies
A LARGE foreign broking firm was said to be buying stocks of Infosys Tech and Satyam in large quantities on Friday. According to a dealer, a strong showing of Nasdaq has brought back foreign institutional interest (FII) in Indian technology ...
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ON THE HEDGE
SBI: Outlook positive, buy March 600 calls
THE following strategies are based on Friday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segments on the NSE: SBI: The stock closed at Rs 585 in the spot market. The outlook appears positive. The upside price target is Rs 640. Consider ...
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SENSOR
Heavyweights push Sensex up
THE markets continued to witness volatile trading activity on Friday, as the benchmark BSE Sensex closed the last trading day of the week on a bullish note. Aided by the buying interest in the key index heavyweights, the 30-stock index rose ...
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