The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 11, 2006

Flour, ghee and sugar to make bread, biscuits and cakes
ONE OF the kindergarten lessons in finance is the duck and drake rhyme where there is `a halfpenny cake,' and you need to account for a penny `to pay the old baker.' Children may continue singing, `A hop and a scotch is ... More

VIEW POINT

Nepal at the crossroads
ONE can say with some degree of confidence that the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal is at a crossroads today regarding its State structure. Briefly, the Nepalese monarchy, under King Gyanendra, has reached a point in its ... More

E-DIMENSION

Precarious irreversibility of climate change
The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, terms climate change the "world's greatest environmental challenge". `Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change,' summarises the proceedings of an international symposium on the subject held a year ago. Also interes ting, is William F. Ruddiman's new book, `Plows, Plagues and Petroleum.' The author, says D. Murali, pushes the debate of climate change beyond the usual two centuries of industrial development to 8,000 years! More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Dubai plans tick well for Titan Industries
TITAN Industries shot up by over 11 per cent on Friday on market buzz that the company was planning to open full-fledged outlets in Dubai, which would be used as a hub for the European and the American markets, dealers said. On the BSE, the ... More

SENSOR

Markets reverse direction thanks to strong buying
MARKETS bounced back after the negative closing witnessed on Wednesday. Barring slight weakness witnessed towards noon, all the major indices other than the BSE Bankex ended higher. The Sensex added 66.2 points or 0.6 per cent to close at ... More

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