The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 21, 2006

OFFHAND
L'affaire AIIMS
The political head and the top bureaucrat/technocrat of a Ministry being at loggerheads with each other is invariably an unedifying spectacle. But the possibility of it is inherent in a situation in which the ... More

IMPRESSIONS
Not a people's highway
My wife and I just returned to Bangalore from a road-trip to Chennai. There are two main routes: One, via Hosur, Krishnagiri, Ranipet and Poonamallee; and the other through Kolar, Chittoor, Ranipet and Poonamallee. The latter is less travelled ... More

ZERO BASE
The roughest berry on the rudest hedge
Sensex is down about 200 points. Perhaps, "dancing to a different tune than in other developing countries," as the chief of Naissance Capital, a Swiss hedge-fund company, is quoted in a Bloomberg story dated June 15. Zurich-based ... More

STICKLISH SINGLES
Cartoon
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Allahabad Bank: cost disadvantage
Allahabad Bank is said to be decelerating in recent days, given concerns stemming from factors such as decline in treasury income and increasing cost of deposits. The stock on Tuesday ended at Rs 73.10 on the NSE, a marginal increase of 1.95 per ... More

CESC sees `value unlocking'
The CESC stock, which figured among the day's top gainers, is seen to be benefiting from a possible unlocking of value, courtesy promoter RPG Group's fresh foray into retailing. The group, which already has substantial involvement in the ... More

SENSOR
Selective buying in capital goods; pharma sees selling
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