The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 15, 2004

OFFHAND
White elephant
THE brouhaha over the induction of foreign consultants into the committees of the Planning Commission has deflected attention away from the fundamental question about the continued usefulness of the Commission itself. ... More

SAY CHEEK
To be human means to bury?
IN the search window on Google, I type `bomb, kill, bury' and the faithful engine trawls billions of pages to bring up — not the dead alive — but stories of car bombs in Iraq, hotel bombings, curious children at a crater, bodies ... More

COMING TO TERMS
A rude encounter with crude
CRUDE is getting cruder with prices rising to such record heights this week that even small retreats give much respite to markets. Oil companies are pushing the government to allow the retail rate rocket to zoom, and ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Talk of price drop weakens Gujarat Ambuja Cement
MARKET talk of a rate war vis-à-vis cement prices in Gujarat lent an element of volatility to the counter of Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd (GACL) on the bourses on Thursday. Brokers said that a perception that the sudden downturn could impact the ... More

ON THE HEDGE
Outlook could turn positive for Tata Steel, Oriental Bank
THE following strategies are based on Thursday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segment on the NSE: Tata Steel: The stock closed at Rs 285 in the spot market. The outlook will turn positive if the stock moves above Rs 291. In ... More

SENSOR
Tech stocks prop up Sensex; metals slump
SNAPPING the three-day losing streak, the key market indices ended on a positive note on Thursday. The BSE Sensex closed at 5713.1, up by 36.37 points over Tuesday's close of 5676.3. The S&P CNX Nifty closed up by 7.85 points at 1794.75. The ... More

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