The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 01, 2005

Looking on darkness which the blind do see
CASSIO talks of chatting with certain Venetians on the sea-bank, in Othello, but the talk in the Aldec Corporation case was about inputs for Venetian blinds. Instead of "a Venetian, a scholar and a soldier that came hither in company of ... More

VIEW POINT

Non-alignment today
In the changed world circumstances, is the concept of "non-alignment" still valid? The `movement' aspect of NAM can remain valid because what it basically means is that a number of countries are close knit enough to adopt common positions on internat ional politics. It can be said that the NAM of yesteryear has transformed into the Group of 20 of today. More

E-DIMENSION

Convergence and divergence of growth
Myriad are the mysteries that surround a country's productivity and growth, and author Elhanan Helpman explores the `forces of convergence' that gave countries entry into the rich club, and `forces of divergence' that allowed prosperous nations to go on the fast track. D. Murali terms this effort a coming together of vast research for a broad audience. More

SAY CHEEK

How many e-mails make an over?
THE two Gs have been advised to keep off the media, but everybody else is frankly too worried to keep quiet. Which explains the load of e-mails in my inbox. So, here I go... Was he the root cause? Not `he', but `e', was the culprit. ... More

ON MINT STREET

Tread warily on MFI loans; but spare a thought for rural poor
MFIs have access to collateral free, soft interest loans that comes with almost no conditionalities — on an unlimited scale today. The money mela of MFIs in the rural areas looks more than a trifle scary. More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Shift towards IT stocks
WITH oil prices firm and rise in old economy stocks, big investors are now shifting their positions to IT stocks. Within this category, the interest is primarily in large-cap stocks like TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Satyam Computer. Dealers said ... More

SENSOR

Markets end in negative zone despite last hour surge
THE markets took a breather after a five-day winning streak and closed the week in negative territory. The Sensex closed 15.7 points lower while the Nifty shed about 10 points. On Friday, the markets opened on a negative note and stayed ... More

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