COLUMNS
ACCOUNT SPEAK
A tame finish to a game of same names
WITH one more click on www.icai.org this morning, I advanced the visitor counter to 1989245. That should be a matter of pride for those in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, but I wonder if they are ...
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BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
Giving wrong opinion with dishonest intention is the worst form of corruption
STOCK market scam of 1992, Enron imbroglio, the project that Quattrochi wanted, and disinvestment problems: On these and more, G. V. Ramakrishna writes in Two Scores and Ten, published by Academic ...
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INDIA UNINC
Gold, savings and P&P sector Foolish governments, smart women
With the government unable to provide social security to all its citizens, most self-employed groups face a huge challenge of protecting their future. They have turned to gold the most liquid, portable, and easy to transfer asset. R. Vaidyanathan says the self-employed must mount pressure on the government to understand the role of gold. It is not the Indian woman who is naive, but the government that is insensitive to the emerging old-age security crisis.
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Stake sale talk to fore again
THE stock of India Cements witnessed sustained buying interest on the bourses, fuelled largely by talk of Lafarge looking to acquire that company. While this counter is no stranger to this rumour, sources maintain that such a development is ...
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ON THE HEDGE
Reliance Industries: Outlook positive, buy Sept futures
THE following strategies are based on Wednesday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segment on the NSE: Reliance Industries: The stock closed at Rs 483 in the spot market. The outlook appears positive. The upside price target is Rs ...
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SENSOR
Snail-paced Sensex breeches 5,300 mark
THE trading on Wednesday was no different from the trend that has been prevalent in the past few days. While the benchmark indices recorded marginal gains, the bulk of the market activity was centered on mid-cap stocks and select companies from ...
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