The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Has democracy arrived?
ONE of the arguments the white colonial die-hards, notable or notorious among whom was Winston Churchill, used against quitting India was that the country steeped in feudalism and fragmented along ethnic, linguistic, ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

US Fed: Words drive markets
"NEVER in history have so many owed so much to so few" was Winston Churchill's stirring praise of the RAF's defence of London from German bombing during World War II. "Never in history have financial markets been spooked so much by two words" ... More

DOWN TO EARTH

Vidarbha — a model farmers' State?
Vidarbha could be an ideal pilot for the kind of economic and political system that the mainstream farmers' movement in India has been demanding and agitating for. The movement for a separate Vidarbha was so far led bypoliticians who treated it as a flag of convenience whenever they were in the doldrums, says Sharad Joshi. More

INDIA INTERIOR

Nature comes alive, on a dusty trail
KISHOR Rithe, a forest guard, Dilip, a young Korku tribal, and myself were walking down a thin dust track in the Raipur range of the Melghat Tiger Reserve. It was about 7 in the morning and the sun came up in the eastern skies like a ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

ITC: They also make tobacco
THERE seems to be some revived interest in tobacco and FMCG major ITC in the last few days. Dealers said there are various factors for the interest in the company. The market is looking at it as a diversified company with operations in tobacco, ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Negative outlook on ACC, HCL Tech
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segment on the NSE: ACC: The near term outlook on this stock is negative. The downside price target is Rs 190. The outlook on the stock could turn ... More

SENSOR

Stock markets back on bullish mode
STOCK prices, which had turned weak in the last few trading sessions, reverted to their bullish mode and the Sensex soared past the 5,200-mark on Tuesday. With 28 out of the 30 Sensex stocks advancing, the index gained 1.9 per cent. Nifty almost ... More

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