The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 23, 2005

Bravo, Tata!
IT HAS long been taken as axiomatic that corporates should not be obsessed only with maximising their profits, but give back to society a part of all that they take from it by way of natural and material resources, ... More

REFLECTIONS

Back to reality
Residents at Sailana and Nanaj village wonder why someone should come from Mumbai to see the Lesser Florican or the Great Indian Bustard. More

SAY CHEEK

N for nosy, O for order and P for parivar
A RHYME for kids talks about an old woman in Surrey, who was morn, noon, and night in a hurry. "She called her husband a fool, and drove the children to school," continues the poem, but attention is suddenly on the good old Addy in hot curry, and ... More

ON MINT STREET

Will RRB mergers lead to efficient rural lending?
After talking merger for well over a decade, the Centre on September 12 issued a notification allowing for merger which should make RRBs a bit more efficient. More

COMING TO TERMS

A volatile market should be left to professionals
MINUS 235 plus 225, leaves you with 10, but what does the jagged line depicting intra-day movement of the Sensex signal? Just one thing: volatility. So much so, the hour's news feed that scrolls past reads, "Sensex ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

FII limit hike drives it up
MAHINDRA Gesco, a real estate company, continued its uptrend on Thursday even as most stocks fell sharply. On Wednesday, the stock was up 20 per cent and on Thursday, it rose by another 5 per cent. On the BSE, it closed at Rs 254.65, up 5 per ... More

SENSOR

Correction shaves off Rs 89,000 cr of m-cap
MARKET capitalisation of stocks listed in National Stock Exchange declined by 4.2 per cent or nearly Rs 89,000 crore as the correction that threatened to step in on Wednesday finally arrived. The undertone had been decidedly bearish on ... More

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