The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Bush-Blair bombast
THE utterances of the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, and the US President, Mr George Bush, ever since the storm over fabricated intelligence broke over their heads, have been revoltingly shrill and brazen, ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

US bonds in a tailspin
THE Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Mr Alan Greenspan, was quite upbeat in his testimony to Congress last week. He said economic data was turning positive and foresaw an extended period of growth in the US economy. His estimate for 2004 ... More

REFLECTIONS

Stark reality of Dalits
A WHISTLE and an air-conditioner in the early morning breeze sweeping the roads of Borivili had intimations of an innocence for Lachman Singh and me. The crows had not yet started on their cawing, the frogs were lying quiet in the water puddles ... More

DOWN TO EARTH

Is Rajnath Singh tilting at windmills?
In cutting the farm credit rate and the Rs 600-crore package for sugarcane farmers, the Government has a larger intention than merely a concern for the agriculture sector, says Sharad Joshi, looking at two packages and their implications. More

MICROSCOPE

ABB India riding on the back of power reforms
IT was yet another quarter of impressive performance for ABB India. The company's performance has been constantly improving over the past few quarters on the back of faster implementation of the power sector reforms. ABB's turnover increased ... More

ON MINT STREET

RBI debating options on rising rupee
BETWEEN rupee appreciation and trade liberalisation, the Reserve Bank of India could well be in favour of lowering import duties, going by the talk on Mint Street. The rise in rupee against the dollar on the back of strong inflows into the ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Big shopper on the prowl
ONE of the biggest brokers in the stock market was seen buying heavily into Tata Infomedia and Lupin Ltd on Tuesday. According to dealers, the broker was buying large amount of shares on both the counters. The share has been moving up since ... More

ON THE HEDGE

HLL: Outlook positive, construct bull call spread
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the derivatives trading on the NSE: Equity options HLL: The outlook on this stock is positive. Note that futures and calls constitute about 90 per cent of the total open ... More

SENSOR

Slide in old economy stocks continues
THE BSE Sensex was caught in a bearish grip for the second consecutive day of trading this week. The Sensex was down by 15.45 points (or 0.43 per cent) to close for the day at 3554.13 points. The old economy stocks continued to take a beating, ... More

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