The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 12, 2005

What is tougher than finding oil in deep sea?
A THREE-LETTER word that is almost as important as food is oil. In All's Well That Ends Well, the Kings says, "Let me not live after my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff of younger spirits, whose apprehensive ... More

VIEW POINT

The PM's position
ON THURSDAY, the former Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, said that Dr Manmohan Singh was "the weakest among all the Prime Ministers of India". He based his view on the ground that it was "someone else", and not ... More

E-DIMENSION

Pricing can be a `profit-leaking' paradox
Value is in the eyes of the beholder, explains Rafi Mohammed in The Art of Pricing, and suggests various strategies and tools for companies to minimise the error in setting prices. These include empowering employees to make more money for the company , and adopting such approaches as differential pricing, versioning and segment-based pricing. D. Murali interprets the intricacies of pricing. More

SAY CHEEK

Are there also portfolios without a minister?
QUITE ironically, it is only when somebody becomes jobless that everybody else gets preoccupied. Thus, predictably, the question on most minds is, "What does a Minister without portfolio do?" The short answer is that he goes about business as ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Stock split, bonus fuel rally in Cranes Software
CRANES Software is on upward trend and in the last two sessions it was locked at the 10 per cent upper circuit level. The stock has gained 24 per cent in the last one week. On Friday, it closed at Rs 130 on the BSE with volumes of 64,054 ... More

SENSOR

Sensex posts biggest gain in two weeks
THE bulls were back in action on Friday with the Sensex posting its biggest two-week rally in more than five years. The Sensitive Index surged 162.1 points or 2 per cent to 8471. The Sensex had opened the day with a low of 8332.9. Higher ... More

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