COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Wasted exhortation
THE homily of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to the 137 Secretaries in the various Ministries on how to pep up their performance has received high praise from all quarters. It is certainly without precedent. ...
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FINANCIAL SCAN
Bond guru doubts US Consumer Price Index
MR Bill Gross is the manager of America's largest bond fund. When he speaks, everyone listens. Recently, he accused the US Government and Federal Reserve of engaging in a conspiracy to pull a "con job" on a "gullible public". Strong words from ...
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INDIA INTERIOR
The Great Swamp in need of treatment
OVER two evenings, our group of 17 women and men waded through parts of the 349-sq.-km Great Vedaranyam Swamp, stretching parallel to the Palk Strait for about 48 km and separated from it by a sandbank. Leading the group was Dr ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Bongaigaon Refinery up on result, dividend hopes
MARKET players have been accumulating the shares of Bongaigaon Refinery ahead of the company's second quarter results. Dealers said this is due to the expectation of good results from the company. The company's board is expected to meet on ...
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ON THE HEDGE
Outlook may turn positive for Infosys, Mastek
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segment on the NSE: Mastek: The stock closed at Rs 332 in the spot market. The outlook will turn positive if the stock moves past Rs 339. In the ...
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SENSOR
Late-hour buying props up Sensex
THE market rallied towards the end of the day's trading, after trading in a narrow range earlier in the day, to settle at 5738.11 points, a gain of 58.28 points or 1.03 per cent. In the course of this rally, the markets also tossed the two-day ...
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