The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Tiger, goat and grass
WHO does not know of the old story posing the tantalising conundrum describing the predicament of transporting across the river by boat a tiger, a goat and a load of grass? The just-concluded Manmohan-Musharraf summit at New Delhi has given rise ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

For the future, look East
As far as China and India are concerned, it is high time they sat together as a countervailing force to the US and other G-7 countries. More

DOWN TO EARTH

Farm loan straitjacket loosened
THE farmers of Maharashtra see a new dawn of freedom. The State Government has agreed, in principle, to pass a law, and, in the intervening period, issue an Ordinance bringing two major changes vis-à-vis loans to ... More

MICROSCOPE

TCS revenue disappoints
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) has spooked the markets with an earnings performance for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2005, which has turned out to be below market expectations. Since the markets were already rattled by the ... More

SAY CHEEK

Bowled over by hearts
PERVEZ'S message for the inauguration ceremony of `Pakistan Customs Computerised System of poverty, unemployment and inflation' is top on `News & Events' posted on http://presidentofpakistan.gov.pk. He writes that the people, in the larger ... More

ZERO BASE

Injustice is relatively easy to bear, what stings is justice
STUNG by too much `sting', the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is said to be thinking of controlling sting operations by adding a set of dos and don'ts to the proposed Broadcasting Bill. Sting, as the ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Essar Steel down on revamp blues
THE stock price of Essar Steel has been witnessing a declining trend over the last few days. The stock is down from its recent top of Rs 70 last month. In the last one week, it has fallen by more than 25 per cent. On Tuesday, the stock was ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Positive outlook for OBC, Ranbaxy
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: OBC: The April futures contract closed at 281.65. Buy the April contract if it trades above 280. The upside target range is 286-289. Place a ... More

SENSOR

Sensex tumbles as TCS disappoints market
EARLY trades at the stock market seemed to indicate that it had recovered its moorings on Tuesday after the freefall of the previous few sessions. However, what looked like a promising rebound was short-lived as a strong bout of profit booking ... More

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