The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Vicious attack
IT IS doubtful whether in all the history of vituperative venting of spleen by politicians against persons holding public offices, there had been anything so venomous as the abuses flung at the Chief Election ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

US bonds hit by Greenspan, PPI
Should inflation pick up beyond the Fed's comfort level, a more aggressive interest rate stance is certain. More

REFLECTIONS

Of smokestacks and human gods
Chandrapur is Maharashtra's coal town, with mounds of fly ash stacked all over the place. The 2,000-MW pit-head power plant of the State Electricity Board breathes smoke 24 hours — though that does not prevent prolonged power cuts in the area. More

DOWN TO EARTH

Clouds gathering for February 28
WHAT will the Budget that the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, presents on February 28 look like? Will he produce another "Dream Budget"? One only hopes that it would, at least, not be a "nightmare budget". If there ... More

ZERO BASE

Making government's accounts as intelligible as a merchant's books
AFTER the usual intro and rededication to the `seven clear economic objectives' of the National Common Minimum Programme, where the Finance Minister talked of the need to `shift gears', the first point that came up in ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Betting on Budget sops
THE Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) stock was locked in the 10-per cent upper circuit on Tuesday. Dealers said the active buying in the counter came on market talk that the Union Budget may announce some positive announcement for ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Outlook may turn positive for HCL Tech, negative for BEL
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segments on the NSE: HCL Tech: The stock closed at Rs 336 in the spot market. The outlook may turn positive if the stock trades above Rs 341. In the ... More

SENSOR

Bank stocks, L&T lead recovery
ON Tuesday, the stock markets shook off their pre-Budget jitters to post strong gains. After starting the day on uncertain territory, the BSE Sensitive Index closed the day with a 54-point gain at 6589.4 points. The S&P CNX Nifty too followed ... More

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