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OFFHAND
Linking rivers
WITH admirable perseverance, the Founder-President of the Makkal Shakthi Eiyakkam (People's Power Movement), Dr M. S. Udayamurthy has convened an All-India Convention on "Re-engineering India by linking her rivers" at ...
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SAY CHEEK
Weapons for women who dare
SHAKESPEARE'S King Lear would say, "Let not women's weapons, water-drops, stain my man's cheeks!" Come to think of it, women have many more weapons than just tears. But http://women.msn.com/713868.armx talks of `10 tools every woman should ...
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ON MINT STREET
Dry-runs on screen-based gilts trading
BANKS have started mock runs on the screen-based, anonymous order-driven trading system for the gilts markets, which will get rid of brokers. The Reserve Bank of India is testing the system to avert any glitches before it goes live by December. ...
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COMING TO TERMS
They're jamming the brakes when Montek's pushing the pedal
EXCEPT serious economists, there were very few who even knew what "Plan" was currently running. Many had lost count of the Five-year Plans till there were noises recently that outsiders had infiltrated into the Planning ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Sustained buying support seen in Voltas counter
THE stock of Voltas Ltd witnessed sustained buying support on the bourses today. Dealers attribute the rally as a reaction to selling by a mutual fund in the stock, having come to a halt. On the other hand, market talk has it that a large FII ...
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ON THE HEDGE
Satyam: Short-term reversal likely
THE following strategies are based on Thursday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segment on the NSE: Satyam Computer: The stock closed at Rs 387 in the spot market. It has risen from Rs 342 to Rs 392 during this month. There ...
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SENSOR
Sensex rebounds; steel stocks forge ahead
AFTER the marginal decline it posted on Wednesday, the BSE Sensex smartly rebounded on Thursday, gaining 57.59 points to end at 5477.68. The upmove resulted in the benchmark index moving to a level not attained since May 10 this year. Stocks ...
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