COLUMNS
OFFHAND
A future without moorings?
There has been a lot of gloating over globalisation and an interdependent world without walls being ushered in by knowledge society, information technology and scientific marvels in the making.The expectation is that trillions of ...
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FINANCIAL SCAN
Fed will go 50 bps
As this is being written, the all-important meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which decides on US interest rates, looms ahead.Far more than the usual excitement (and, it must be said, anxiety) are preceding this FOMC ...
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VIEW POINT
Kolkata’s concern
On Monday a blind man was “kicked and abused” by a bus conductor who did not want him on the vehicle. He wanted to board the bus but his way was blocked by the conductor with the result that he had to hang on precariously while the ...
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DOWN TO EARTH
The travails of wheat procurement
It was by coincidence that I read the news about the Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar’s statement abandoning all plans for import of wheat on the very day I received a typed demi-official letter from him stoutly making a case for ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Adani Enterprises jumps
The stock of Adani Enterprises shot up by 12 per cent on Tuesday to Rs 460.15 over Monday’s price. Over a month’s time, the stock has gained 26.17 per cent. Tuesday’s volume also jumped four-fold to 16.46 lakh shares against its ...
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ON THE HEDGE
Nifty future turns into premium
Chennai, Sept. 18 As markets bounced back from a flat start, the Nifty September futures surged on the back of heavy volumes. Tuesday’s turnover stood at Rs 45,000 crore against the last five-day daily average of about Rs 40,000 crore. ...
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