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    GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW


    India wakes up -- Time to think `big'
    IT MIGHT sound a trifle strange to readers to read a heading that goes: "Reform overdrive brings feel good factor back" — just two weeks before the Budget. After all, last year, one had the same feeling after a landmark Budget before ... More

    OFF THE CUFF


    Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone -- Oasis of excellence in the desert
    ALL THINGS in Dubai are still very young. The institutions set up by the rulers encapsulate all the advantages of youth with none of the disadvantages. The institutions, and the organisations devised to run them, are charged with ambition, ... More

    ON THE MOVE


    Oil movement -- What's in the pipeline,
    THE proposed Paradip-Rourkela product pipeline project (418 km, estimated cost Rs 581 crore) of Petronet India Limited is believed to have run into rough weather in view of the uncertainty over Indian Oil Corporation's grassroots refinery project ... More

    A RINGSIDE VIEW


    `Feel good' factor back on bourses
    THE feel good factor seems to be coming back in the capital market. A stream of good news such as the disinvestment of public sector units, Budget expectations and soft interest rates are the primary reasons. Lowering of tensions across the ... More

    POLICY WATCH


    Securities tribunal may see structural changes
    WITH the proposal for hefty fines for capital market offences running into crores of rupees awaiting the approval of the Cabinet, structural changes are on the anvil for the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT). The SAT was constituted three ... More

    MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


    PSU counters a big attraction
    AS everybody knows by now, shares of public sector companies have caught the market's fancy in a big way. Fund managers have not been silent spectators insofar as investment in PSU stocks is concerned. Already, some of them are picking up select ... More

    TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


    Palm oil futures to head lower
    Crude palm oil futures on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange, or MDEX, closed lower on long liquidation and bearish data on exports with many traders yet to return from holiday. Worries of poor exports emanating out of the data released by ... More

    Cotton futures to firm up
    Cotton futures at the New York cotton exchange closed sharply lower amid active fund liquidation and speculative selling pressure gripped the market after prices touched a high of 39c. The market is finding it hard to recover from the blow it ... More

    AMERICAN PERISCOPE


    Competitiveness of a state
    States in India have long complained about their poor economic condition by blaming the Centre for not locating major projects within the state. What is important is for a state to look within and see if it has created the right conditions for enterp rise to flourish in the state. The state needs to listen to the economic players within — whether they may be commercial enterprises, educational institutions, or professional groups and alleviate their concerns. More
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  • Top Stories
    Sponsored ADR/GDR programme to be liberalised -- Cos may get nod to divest in unlisted arms abroad


    Bharti to peg ILD rates 50% cheaper than VSNL

    IT clients becoming scale-sensitive now

    Gold holds on to $300/oz

    `Debt obligations may eat up 85 pc of India's GDP'

    Kochi Refineries' SBM plan may leave port in dire straits

    `Feel good' factor back on bourses

    In Depth
    Inside Kashmir
    Guide to derivatives
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