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OFFHAND
Kuttambakkam
THE once obscure panchayat of Kuttambakkam, situated 30 km from Chennai, has shot into national and international prominence for its conspicuous success in implementing progressive and innovative schemes for the social ...
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GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW
Data belie Greenspan's optimism
Data released in the US reinforce the scepticism that the Federal Reserve Chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan's cheer is not well founded and that the American economy has to grow furiously in 2004 second half to justify the optimism of the Fed's growth fore casts. Disappointed by durable goods orders and second quarter GDP data, economists are betting on non-farm employment figures. And indeed even if a significant number of jobs were created, it may not materially alter the premise that the economy ha s lost momentum as it enters the second half, says V. Anantha Nageswaran.
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Indices may witness sideways movement
The Government's efficient handling of the turnover tax issue, allowance to banks for increased market exposure and proposed regularisation investments from overseas hedge funds are likely to imprint salubrious impact on the market.
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ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
Save yourself from heartache at petrol pumps
AFTER the latest hike in fuel prices, with a litre of petrol crossing Rs 40, it looks as if we may soon be paying at roughly the dollar rate. It is therefore with some anger that I read a mail from Harikesh (not his real name), a local friend who ...
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RANDOM WALK
Road less travelled
THE recent news about structural damage to Venduruthy Bridge - the bridge that connects Wellingdon Island with the rest of Kochi and which for long has been a lifeline of sorts for the people of the area - only points to the pitiful state ...
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MARK TO MARKET
Hedge funds: Not the ogres as made out
Well-managed hedge funds can improve asset price efficiency in the Indian market
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