The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 14, 2005

Funds expect Budget booster to spur retail interest
THE Union Budget is near enough and mutual funds have started dishing out their wish lists. Their agenda are largely driven by the hope of catering to wider sections of the market. A quick look at what various fund houses have been saying ... More

STOCKS

Stocks of negative net worth firms sizzle
THAT the stock of SBI Home Finance is up 40 per cent over the past month may not strike you as unusual. What is unusual, however, is that this firm has stopped all its operations and, as they call it in accounting parlance, is not a `going ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Dalal Street looks to North Block for direction
As the economy is preparing to enter a new orbit, it is making greater demands on the risk bearing ability of the domestic investors. More

Say `no' to false reptile prudence arising out of fear
For someone like Jogin who knew only of omissions and commissions, Knowledge Commission that the PM has spoken of seemed new. Keeping that aside, he responded to the ping from Sridevi to join the market chat. Khan and Dakshinamoorthy were ... More

Infosys sizzles
IT was a mixed for the US markets as benchmarks Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P-500 recorded their third straight weekly gains while the tech-focussed Nasdaq slipped on disappointing forecasts from Dell Inc and Cisco Systems. For the week, . More

INTERVIEW

`It is not always wise to have short-term view'
MUTUAL funds are looking at steady inflows into their equity products in the days ahead, says Mr Sanjay Prakash, CEO of HSBC Mutual Fund. "Equity funds can make a major difference to your portfolio," he tells Business Line in an ... More

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India to seek dilution of US role in Net governance

Business confidence on the rise: FICCI

Hyderabad STPI exports top $1 b

Power tariff policy to be placed before Cabinet next month: Sayeed

Dalal Street looks to North Block for direction

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