Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, February 04, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, February 04, 2002 |
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COLUMNS OFFHAND GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW Were 1990s a mere aberration for US? ON WEDNESDAY, the US Federal Reserve left the funds rate unchanged after lowering it from 6.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent in the course of 2001. The decision was widely expected and hence the market reacted favourably. The Fed is tentative about ... More OFF THE CUFF WIDE CANVAS Poverty and growth AT the World Economic Forum meetings in New York, the focus of all attention appears to be the gradual turnaround in the economic fortunes of the US, the consensus being that the recession is on its way out and that the beneficial effects of this ... More ON THE MOVE Terminal handling charges -- An issue adrift AT A recent SCOPE-Shipping (Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports by Sea) in Kolkata, representatives of the shippers' associations were a dejected lot. Understandably so. The Additional Commerce Secretary, who presided over the meeting, ... More A RINGSIDE VIEW Dull sentiment to prevail AS anticipated, the market failed to excite the investing community last week. The coming week is expected to be no different. According to market players, this is not unusual, but certainly buying by interest groups will continue during the ... More POLICY WATCH Export promotion strategy lacks focus UNDETERRED by the general panning that the authors of the report on a medium -term export strategy received, Udyog Bhavan is at work again. This time, on promoting export delegations. Even before the ink on the report — which some critics ... More MUTUAL CONFIDENCE Tax-saving schemes -- Check cost before selection IT's tax saving time again and mutual funds are looking at increased collections in their equity-linked savings schemes (ELSS). Nearly all the established players in the industry have their own ELSS, and with less than two months for the close of ... More AMERICAN PERISCOPE Enron exposes several fault lines NOT A day goes by without another titbit of Enron's malfeasance appearing in the front pages of all the newspapers. Just last week, a former Vice-Chairman committed suicide. According to employees, he was one of the `good guys'. Enron, the US ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in |
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