COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Row over Governors
I AM confirmed in my belief that a distinct and disturbing personality change has come over the BJP in the aftermath of the traumatic blow inflicted upon it by the electorate in the recent Lok Sabha election. First, the ...
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GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW
2004 second half — Holding a mirror to 2003
All economic indicators — the Fed moves, bond and interest rates, the dollar-euro trends, Japan's outlook and Asian equity scene — suggest the second half of 2004 being propitious for non-dollar fixed income than for equities, which happ ens to be the mirror image of what happened in the second half of 2003, says V. Anantha Nageswaran.
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Holding nerves for Budget day
THE stock market, before the Budget announcement, regained some of its lost composure last week after declining consecutively for three weeks. The widespread rise in the market last week was accompanied by improved volumes. The possibility of ...
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Corporates dominate MFs assets
CORPORATE India invested aggressively in mutual funds for the whole of 2003-04. Now, with more and more companies releasing their annual reports for the past fiscal, the latest year-end numbers are for all to see. The country's corporate ...
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ADR WATCH
Infosys, VSNL shine
FEARS that Corporate America's profit may slow in the second half of the year coupled with the indifferent Government data indicating that companies added less than half the jobs expected, spoiled the mood of the US markets. As a result, the ...
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ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
A city denied of sporting action
IN response to the last piece that appeared in these columns, there have been a few interesting mails. Anil, a chartered accountant, laments the lack of concern in many companies towards wastage of water and electricity. "It is a common sight ...
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RANDOM WALK
Overloaded trucks
AT a seminar last week on the problems of the transport sector in Kerala, organised by the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC), Mr R. Balakrishna Pillai, State Minister for Transport, announced that the Centre has ...
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MARK TO MARKET
MF must look beyond dividend plans
THE mutual fund industry is hoping the Government will remove distribution tax in the coming Budget. At present, dividends paid by mutual funds are tax-exempt for investors. Each fund instead pays a 12.5 per cent ...
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