COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Nettlesome dilemma of disinvestment
On July 21, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, put all disinvestment decisions and proposals on hold `pending further review'. This was in apparent deference to the DMK's strong objection to the selling of ...
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FINANCIAL SCAN
Is it end of the road for reverse repo?
The Reserve Bank of India injects or removes liquidity every day from the market through repos and reverse repos. In a repo, the RBI lends funds while in a reverse repo it absorbs funds. The rates at which these are done are the repo and ...
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VIEW POINT
Measuring happiness
Tuesday's newspapers carried a report that proclaimed that young Indians were among the happiest people on the planet. Not only this, they were also among the most religious. Clearly, this is happy news. It contradicts the general belief that ...
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ZERO BASE
Will the winner's curse befall the Corus deal?
A day before Diwali, about a month ago, India Inc was greeted with the news of `the largest-ever acquisition by an Indian company.' That, as you may remember, was about the 99-year-old Tata Steel's announcement of the Rs 36,000-crore ($8 ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Western India to change hands?
Western India Shipyard counter has been buzzing with activity of late in view of Street expectation that the sale of the company is imminent. The loss-making company has been put on the block by a consortium of banks as a functional asset and ...
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SENSOR
Strong show by engg, FMCG, metals boosts sentiments
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