The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Be humane, VVIPs!
RECENTLY, on behalf of a civil society organisation devoted to clean politics and good governance, I happened to write to the Chief Secretary of a State on the unconscionable delay, in violation of a High Court directive, in taking action on a ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

Index investing lags in India
What it says is simple. No individual - lay investor or fund manager - can outperform a market index for any continuous length of time. This is because all available information - about the global and domestic economies, an industry and ... More

RANDOM WALK

Striving for e-literacy
By focusing on e-literacy Kerala has re-asserted its commitment to maintaining a superior quality of life for its citizens, while continuing to provide a model for other developing regions. More

ZERO BASE

What's the racemate in `Formula 1' of the pharma race?
ALMOST every court verdict creates winners and losers in equal measure. For instance, the December 16 verdict of the US District Court of Delaware has www.pfizer.com announcing as the latest news headline, ... More

SIMPLY...

Ready to pay more for potato, not petrol
THE price of onion, after hovering around Rs 25 a kg, is down to Rs 15. But that of potato has almost doubled, from less than Rs 10 a kg, in the last few days. This is no big deal, as the procurement price for these ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

IDBI active on acquisition hopes
THE fact that IDBI Bank is looking for a domestic bank for a possible acquisition and that the bank is negotiating with the management of a few is a good enough trigger for market speculation about the possible targets. According to market ... More

SENSOR

IT, metal, auto, FMCG stocks pull down Sensex
THE markets took a breather after touching a record high on Monday's trading session. The Sensex, which opened on a weak note, continued to lose ground through the day, before closing 48.03 points lower at 9346.24 points. The cautious ... More

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