The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 07, 2005

Waning loyalty
LOYALTY was at one time a highly prized value. At the household level, it was well-recognised as the cementing force of families. The joint family system was nothing if not based on a network of enduring loyalties. Not ... More

ON THE MOVE

Lines scramble to double as terminal operators
Shipping Corporation of India's foray into container terminal operation denotes a marked shift from its traditional activity and reflects the changing global scene in which the running of terminals is fast ceasing to be the exclusive preserve of a cl ub of independent operators. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

No speed-breakers on Dalal Street
The market, which for long was used to betting on the price-earning multiples averaging between five and ten, is now ready to value a stock 20 times or more the earning per share. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

MF industry expects Budget to boost its asset base
THE BUDGET over, it's time to take a hard look at your portfolio, examine the feasibility of re-balancing it with a view to factor in emerging market trends and new life goals that may have become significant in recent times. For investors in ... More

ADR WATCH

Premium takes a dip
BOTH the US and Indian bourses moved in similar direction, though the latter showed much vigour. The US Labour Department reports that about 2.62 lakh employments were added in February (the highest since October last), seemed to have lifted the ... More

VISION 2020

The politics of Budget-making
For long the Budget has generally been a populist sell-out. The country has suffered because political fortunes in India have had little or nothing to do either with fiscal prudence or economic progress. Either due to the immaturity of the electorate , or because the poor feel that development is of little use to them, the popular mandate has steadily drifted into irresponsible hands, says P. V. Indiresan, discussing some of the proposals. More

ON MINT STREET

Bankers not happy over diktat on farm credit
BANKERS are not exactly happy over the Budget diktat to raise the flow of credit to agriculture by 30 per cent in 2005-06 as it comes over a 30 per cent hike order in 2004-05. On June 18, 2004, the Government got banks to mark up rural credit ... More

MARK TO MARKET

Gold futures: Jewel in a portfolio
BUDGET 2005-06 has proposed the introduction of gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Gold has always been an attractive investment because it has a weak relationship with equity. It is highly likely that fund-houses will ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE

Nap time at the workplace
I PROMISED the salesperson behind the counter in the jewellery shop on Mada Street near the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai that I would be back the next morning to buy the item I was interested in. As I was leaving, I ... More

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