The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 21, 2005

Down the abyss?
NOT only in India, but in the rest of the world too, those who were once fondly called city fathers are finding themselves unable to cope with the demands of urban management. In India especially, the problems have ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

As Budget day nears — It's cautious optimism on Dalal Street
At present, it would be wrong to expect the high level of unusual inflow, witnessed in November and December 2004, as the exchange rate benefit has evaporated with the change in dollar-rupee equation. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Retirement savings planning in India - still at nascent stage
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years: Warren Buffet Five years is a long time in the financial markets. Or so ... More

ADR WATCH

Ends on weak note
IT was one of the most volatile weeks for both the US and the Indian markets. The US Federal Reserve Chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan's announcement that the pace of interest-rate increases is not about to slow seemed to have affected the US markets, ... More

VISION 2020

Economy: Build like the ant
Ants build big hills that last and prosper for hundreds of generations but we build towns the way grasshoppers do; the type that become unliveable within one generation. Worse, more and more migrants to our cities have started to live like stray dogs — on the streets with no houses at all. No wonder that ours is an obese economy: Big and getting bigger but not becoming healthier, says P. V. Indiresan. More

INDIA INTERIOR

To whom does the land belong?
A FILM show was on as we touched at about 7.30 p.m. Malur village from Harisal in the Melghat Tiger Reserve. On the village path, some 50 children, along with adults, were watching a film, beamed from a mobile van, in which a tribal kid becomes a ... More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Nobody expects Ministers to be saints
THE abrupt end that the tainted issue met with at the apex court last week was far from dainty. Nobody expected Ministers to be saints; but to know that the highest court was not the proper forum to deal with the matter should have made a few ... More

MARK TO MARKET

How about the idea of a fixed-maturity equity fund?
A fixed-maturity equity fund has to actively control its market risk, especially at the horizon. This requires using derivatives. The idea will, therefore, be in the realm of theory, unless SEBI allows mutual funds to invest in derivatives. More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE

HP's board flexes its muscles
THE NEWS reports on February 10 were sharp and direct. The board of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) had fired its CEO, Ms Carleton Fiorina. Moreover, the company said that the ousting was `without cause'. That does not mean ... More

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