The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 06, 2006

OFFHAND
Hasten slowly
The President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, while inaugurating the 150th anniversary celebrations of the University of Madras on September 4 at Chennai, came up with two innovative ideas that are meant to provide a ... More

VIEW POINT
All about our neighbours
Sometime ago, reports appeared stating that there had been a rethink within the Government on how to conduct economic ties with Pakistan, the burden of the effort being that the time had now come to tighten the screws on Islamabad a turn or two ... More

DOWN TO EARTH
A tale of two rates of growth
Reforms pepped up enterprise in the industrial and service sectors but not in agriculture and that explains the high rate of GDP growth and low rate of agricultural growth. More

ZERO BASE
`A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements'
Most of us were least prepared for the FCAC when the abbreviation hit us full force a few days ago, after the Tarapore Committee submitted its report. FCAC, as you know, isn't Financial Consumer Agency of Canada or Fuzzy Channel Allocation ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Cement: Floods may affect dispatch
Floods in key States may impact growth in dispatches for some cement companies, marketmen say, while referring to figures recorded recently by majors such as ACC, Gujarat Ambuja, UltraTech and Grasim. While ACC's dispatches for August grew by 3.8 ... More

Nagarjuna: Betting on new venture
The development that Nagarjuna Constructions has entered the realty sector may well spur the stock, analysts point out. In particular, they underline the company's prospects, courtesy a land bank of 130 acres in tier-2 cities, a corpus that is ... More

Rolta: JV brings strength
Investment circles are said to have lately viewed Rolta positively, particularly considering the skills that its association with Thales of France is expected to bring in. The joint venture is significant from the point of view of technology ... More

SENSOR
Metal, capital goods stocks shine in listless trading
It was a lacklustre day on Dalal Street as markets failed to keep the momentum witnessed over the last one week. In sync with its Asian peers, the bellwether Sensex closed flat at 11,904.6, while the broader Nifty settled down at 3,473.7. The ... More

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