The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Govt turns cash-rich!
Expenditure control is a two-edged sword — it may rein in the deficit but if it is at the cost of new investments, the solution will not stand the test of reason. More

REFLECTIONS

Development and nature's revenge
If we had been sensitive, the tsunami could not have laid low a lakh and more lives eking out a living on the coastlines of Indonesia, South India and Sri Lanka. More

DOWN TO EARTH

A retribution for warnings ignored?
In less than 24 hours, the tsunami jolted awake the whole nation to the reality of its ill-preparedness to meet a major catastrophe and the inescapably global character of all technology. India kept away from the Oceanic Intelligence System. In conse quence, thousands of people were devoured without notice by the tidal wave. If only the Ministry of Agriculture had not abandoned the proposal to install an early warning system wiser by experience of El Nino and Bhuj, the nation may have been spared the full blast of the tsunami. More

ZERO BASE

Textile quota is now history
A COUPLE of days before Christmas, there was a communiqué from the Central Board of Excise and Customs advising Customs field formations about the end of "the textile quota regime" on January 1. "From this date, ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

IDBI Bank up on merger ratio hopes
Dealers said the rise in the stock price is ahead of the merger ratio announcement with IDBI. The talk is that the ratio is likely to be announced soon. The expectation is the merger ratio is likely to be in favour of IDBI Bank shareholders. ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Short-term reversal likely in Gujarat Ambuja, i-flex
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segments on the NSE. The positions are structured to generate payoffs from possible short-term reversal in the underlying. The strategy is, therefore, ... More

SENSOR

Index heavyweights drag Sensex marginally
AFTER starting the year on a promising note, the BSE Sensex lost ground during the day's trading by 28.19 points (or 0.42 per cent) to close at 6651.01 points. The Sensex touched a high of 6696.31 points, after opening for the day at 6683.56 ... More

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