The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 01, 2003

Audacious outrage!
ALL talk of knowledge explosion and information revolution comes to naught in the case of certain categories of thinkers and writers morbidly determined to live in unfathomable depths of ignorance about countries and ... More

WIDE CANVAS

The `feel good factor' and all that
That such issues as red tape, poor infrastructure and rigid labour laws should still be around even after the NDA Government has been in power for a full term should make representatives of the regime somewhat more apologetic and certainly less hecto ring than has been the case. Can one suggest that there should be occasions where one should publicly "feel bad" for a change because that may be the only way really to "feel good" later on? More

ON THE MOVE

Tender for container terminal — JNPT not boxed in by protests
THE tender for the third container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port has given rise to a major controversy as to whether shipping lines could be allowed to bid for it or not. The issue assumes significance as four of ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Bullish market needs liquidity support to gain momentum
For the retail investors, it is a testing time. Temptation for holding on to the existing portfolio or making a fresh entry is quite high. A section of retail investors with trading inclination are used to practice strict "stop loss" regime. However, simple market dictum such as "buy at correction" appears difficult to follow in a fluid situation. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Profit-booking: Evaluate risk appetite
THE tendency to book profits seems to have gained an upper hand with some investors in equity funds, emboldened as they are by a rising market that is again giving them fresh opportunities to move out at higher levels. The BSE Sensex has again ... More

ADR WATCH

Indian counters make merry
THE US stock markets witnessed a smart gain last week after reports on third-quarter economic expansion, durable goods, consumer confidence and manufacturing in the Chicago area painted a rosy picture for the US economy. Thanks to the reports, ... More

VISION 2020

The enemies within
Technological might has replaced military power in the exploitation of weak nations. Large differences in wealth among nations are mainly due to the degrees of ownership of technology. It is not enough to complain and find fault with the rich nations . Poor nations should also look within and correct their own faults, says P. V. Indiresan. More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Are we only scratching the surface of AIDS?
"FIVE people worldwide die of AIDS every minute of every day. HIV has hit every corner of the globe, infecting more than 42 million men, women and children, five million of them last year alone." Thus reads the screen that hits you when you ... More

RANDOM WALK

AIDS and Kerala
TODAY is World AIDS Day. HIV/AIDS has so far claimed 20 million lives and infected a further 42 million people worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, home to 95 per cent of AIDS victims. More people have died from AIDS than from last ... More

MARK TO MARKET

Mutual funds — Institutions, retail investors should have separate portfolios
BIRLA Sun Life Mutual Fund's decision to announce that it has set March 12, 2004 as one of the record dates for declaring dividends in Birla Advantage Fund does not bode well for the mutual fund industry. The reason is ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE

Challenging times for free trade
TRADE ministers from 34 countries in the North and South American continents initiated a process, on November 20, that will create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Now that the speeches have been made and the ... More

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