The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 20, 2002

Viruses and panics
I OPENED my e-mail box this morning and panicked. One of the messages was from a friend in London and the subject was `Urgent, Dangerous Virus'. My friend does have a strange sense of humour so I did wonder whether he was fooling around. I had ... More

SAY CHEEK

Culture cop
AS one more accountant in the SS party, my boss has been summoning me these days to advise him about the current hot issues such as the one that Ms Koirala brought before him one fine morning. "Why me! I asked him," perplexed. It's all about ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Colour Chem under selling pressure
THE stock market seems to be losing its patience in the Colour Chem counter. The delay in the Securities Exchange Board of India issuing a directive to shipping company Semac's French parent to come out with an open offer resulted in the Colour ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Infosys: Construct Oct call bull spread
THE following are buy/sell strategies based on Thursday's trading in the derivatives segment at the NSE: Equity options Infosys: The immediate outlook on the stock appears negative, but it may pay to take a contrary position. ... More

SENSOR

Downtrend unabated as tech stocks take a pounding
THE benchmark BSE Sensex on Thursday continued to spiral down and remained bearish. Software companies lost further ground, mirroring concerns of the weak US economy. Profit-bookings continued unabated in select PSUs and auto stocks. More

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