COLUMNS
FINANCIAL SCAN
On liquidity and interest rates
There could be a shortage of liquidity in the coming months, given the credit explosion and the Finance Minister cutting Government expenditure to reach his deficit goal.
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ACCOUNT SPEAK
For those in a milestone period of their lives
The first two most recent posts on www.icai.org are about IFAC (International Federation of Accountants). And only the third is about something closer home: "ICAI Thanks Finance Ministry for extending the ...
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IMPRESSIONS
Good innings
Today's television-bred cricket fans can little imagine the charisma of the tall and handsome Polly Umrigar, who died in Mumbai on Tuesday, aged 80. The great Indian all-rounder's innings was over much before ...
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REFLECTIONS
Sad tales from Vrindavan
Tapasi is a human being and her story can be best said if it is human. The only moments Tapasi is left alone to wheel her imagination are when she is in school or at home. She never has anyone for company. Only misery tap dances with her.
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BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
`Accounting excites me'
To most people, accounting stirs up images that are far from exciting. Ashish K. Bhattacharyya may be an exception. "Accounting excites me," he writes in the preface to Indian Accounting Standards, from Tata McGraw-Hill ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Joint bid hopes propel Concor
Reports that Concor is likely to join Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) as part of the PSU consortium jointly bidding for the Rs 5,000-crore fourth terminal project at JNPT have been driving interest in this stock on the bourses. According ...
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Noida Toll: Bets on merger hopes
Expectations of an early amalgamation (pending in the Allahabad Court) with its 100 per cent subsidiary DND Flyway, that would see some amount of write back, are reportedly driving interest in the stock of Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd. The stock ...
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SENSOR
Sensex falls 2nd straight day; select bank stocks up
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