The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, August 31, 2003

Domestic drug cos wary of detail
THE spirit of the Doha Declaration, it seems, will live on at Cancun. The devil, though, may well be residing in the detail. The milestone declaration at Doha had paved the way for developing countries to import inexpensive drugs in view of the ... More

Sedans for the price of compact cars
PRICES of midsize cars are falling at the retail level, making sedans an attractive — and reachable — proposition to many buyers of compact cars. Manufactures and dealers are offering great deals on many models of cars such as ... More

It's bull run, but where is exit from inactive stocks?
DECCAN Gold Mines, formerly Wimper Trading Board, a Z-category, broke a seven-year spell of inaction on May 8 this year to trade 100 shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Since then the stock almost doubled to Rs 94.95 on August 26, its last ... More

Govt to go ahead with CAS in 3 metros despite opposition
THOUGH there has been opposition against the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS) from the three metros of Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, the Government is confident that the system will roll out from September 1. Highly placed ... More

Despite the glitches — Chennai may lead the way in CAS
THE television viewer is clueless; worse, the cable operators don't seem to be any wiser; the broadcasters, particularly the `pay' ones, are waiting for the elusive Government notification, postponing the conditional access system (CAS) once ... More

Forex reserves up by $148 m
THE foreign exchange reserves of the country have increased by $148 million to $85.583 billion for the week ended August 22. Most of the inflow could be by way of FII investment in the equity markets, said forex market dealers. In the previous ... More

CFL findings concur with CFTRI report on cola pesticide residues
THE second report on the presence of pesticides in soft drinks, from the Government's Central Food Laboratory (CFL), Kolkata, on Saturday virtually hammered home the same message which the first report from the Mysore-based Central Food ... More

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