The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 31, 2006

OFFHAND
Doctors' strike
Now that the Supreme Court is seized of the issue of reservation, one hopes that by the time this column appears, the striking doctors and medical students would have called off the strike which had put at risk ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN
Market collapse: Yen carry trade the culprit?
To attribute the collapse of the stock market to the unwinding of yen carry trades seems an oversimplification. More

VIEW POINT
Toning up `private morality'
The system of peerages is not a part of the Indian republic's social structure, but to point this out is not to imply that the malaise does not exist in India. More

DOWN TO EARTH
FARMER SUICIDES
Statistics may not tell the real tale
The Union Minister for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr Sharad Pawar, speaking at a meeting in Pune on May 8, categorically stated that suicides by farmers are not a new phenomenon and that there has been no ... More

ZERO BASE
Is IPO scam a thing of the past?
IPO, as a topic, more so with a `scam' tag, has been gobbling up many a column centimetre in newspapers. To those who ask what IPO scams are, here's a zero base to help. IPO, as you can see on Encarta, is short for initial public ... More

STICKLISH SINGLES
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Beeyu Overseas betting on jt venture
The BSE-listed Beeyu Overseas stock seems to be looking up from its recent low of Rs 10.75, drawing strength from the belief that the company will in the near future be able to leverage its newly established association with beverages major Tata ... More

Value buying in Indraprastha Gas
Indraprastha Gas Ltd has been attracting some value buying on the back of its expansion plans in its distribution network. On Tuesday, the stock reached a high of Rs 137.40, before closing at Rs 129.90, a drop of 1.18 per cent over the ... More

SENSOR
Benchmarks nosedive on late-hour selling
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