The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 01, 2005

Oil for greasing
THIS newspaper can take legitimate pride that it was the first to expose, in an article "Oil as weapon of mass corruption" by the author published on October 15, 2004, the shady deals masquerading as UN Oil-for-Food ... More

SAY CHEEK

What's the babble on baby oil
BABIES don't come without notice, we know. Similarly, notices from the Mumbai regulator Ramki aren't coming without babies. Big players in the industry have been navel-gazing ever since the State FDA has been label-gazing. And there are ... More

ON MINT STREET

Enough of expert panels on loans to rural poor
AN Expert Group under Mr Y.S.P. Thorat, Managing Director, Nabard, studying the low Credit-Deposit ratio (CD ratio) has come up with a revised version of the critical indicator, which if accepted, will immediately lift CD ratios in the ... More

COMING TO TERMS

`Baby is a blank cheque made payable to the human race'
NAUGHTY as always, some celebrity wags are watching the waistline of Britney Spears, and speculating `baby on board', but Johnson & Johnson, and Wipro have a different `baby' on their boards' agenda. If the recent ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Hanil Era Text: Hopes on ethanol fuel it
SHARES of Hanil Era Textiles have been in demand in the last few days. However, the accumulation of the stock is not on account of the growth prospects for the textile sector, but for the ethanol plant the company has set-up recently. The ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Short reversals likely in SBI, Satyam, Ranbaxy futures
THE following strategies are based on Thursday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE. The strategies are constructed to take advantage of short reversals in the futures prices. The recommendations may run counter to the primary trend. ... More

SENSOR

Reliance, IT, steel stocks lead recovery
INVESTORS appeared to have thrown caution to the winds on Thursday, after a spate of losses over the last few trading sessions. The bulls had a hey day as the bears disappeared into the woods, they ruled the market for the entire day. The ... More

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