The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 15, 2005

There's a new ghost in the guest house
THE consciousness of being deemed dead is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality, rues Herman Melville. "One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass." Not an unusual ... More

VIEW POINT

Thoughts on a quake
THE RECENT terrestrial shock in the north-western part of the subcontinent is said to have taken 40,000-50,000 lives, a toll which is by no means final and could rise even higher if the view of eyewitnesses is taken into account. The loss of ... More

E-DIMENSION

What goes up must come down
Eric J. Weiner's What Goes Up is intriguingly sub-titled `The uncensored history of modern Wall Street as told by the bankers, brokers, CEOs and scoundrels who made it happen'. A racy read for the weekend, says D. Murali, especially if you want to make sense of the big tumbles in the bourses during the week. More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Hospital stocks betting on medical tourism
THE overall negative sentiment in the market affected stock prices across-the-board on Friday and clouded even the positive fundamentals. But there were variations in impact depending on the level of growth expectations or apprehensions. ... More

SENSOR

Construction stocks buckle under selling pressure
ALMOST mimicking Thursday's fall, the markets nose-dived again on Friday, on the back of concerns of rising inflation. The BSE Sensex declined 175 points or 2.1 per cent to 8201.7 points. The Nifty dropped 53 points to close at 2484.4 points. ... More

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