The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 16, 2006

Security consciousness
SECURITY consciousness, like duty and time-consciousness, is a cultivated trait. Human beings, by their very nature, are trusting. This explains their falling for confidence tricksters, biscuit bandits, bogus claims and job rackets despite widely ... More

WIDE CANVAS

India still shackled, says report
People today speak of a sea-change in the Indian economic environment since the early 1990s. But the Economic Freedom Index tells us that, not only is India placed way down at the 121st position among 161 countries, there has been just an 11 per cent improvement from conditions obtaining in 1995 when the first index was drawn up. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Sensex to be sensitive to Q3
FEAR of stretched valuations caught up with the market last week and liquidity flow suddenly went into a reverse gear on Thursday. It seems Dalal Street has finally opted for a short-term correction and consolidation mode. This is also perhaps ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

MF investors turn more hungry for critical disclosures
ARE mutual funds disclosing enough in their fact-sheets? We know this question will not be answered easily, but let it be said in no uncertain terms that never before were investors in MFs more hungry for disclosures than now. In fact, the ... More

ADR WATCH

Infy slumps 9 pc
THE Dow Jones Industrial Average, which crossed the psychological 11,000-mark since June 2001 last week, failed to hold on to that level and closed at 10,959.87 following lower-than-expected quarterly performances from Alcoa Inc and Tyco ... More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Would our men like the Norway model?
THERE has been more than enough media attention on the issue of independent directors. Predictably, many companies were found napping, even as the Clause 49 requirement closed in on them. But quite surprisingly, women seem to have missed an ... More

RANDOM WALK

Pooling out work
If Cochin Port hopes to improve productivity, it must tackle the issue of cargo pools. The workers there enjoy a notorious reputation for low productivity. More

CHAT

Too early seen unknown, and known too late
Sridevi was searching for details about Infy’s Kerala plan. Khan kept calling his friends and relatives who had returned from the Haj pilgrimage. Jogin was comparing the relative strengths of Tata and Fiat. And Dakshinamoorthy buzzed the chat ... More

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