The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 28, 2003

Untold saga
TOMORROW marks the 50th anniversary of the conquest of Everest by two intrepid men — Mr Edmund Hillary (as he was then) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. It was the culmination of almost a whole century of effort mounted by equally brave, but ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN

Greenspan nimble to deflation threat
AS ever, the US Fed Chairman's testimony to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress last week was closely watched and analysed by the market. The Economist had a novel way of detecting impending recessions. It ran a count of the word ... More

REFLECTIONS

Fruity delight on summer evenings
LITCHI has a brief season of about 10 days in Borivili with bhaiyas from Bihar selling the luscious fruit at street corners towards the last week of May. The fruit with its dark red, prickly skin always reminds one of Dehra Dun, Ruskin ... More

DOWN TO EARTH

Agriculture and the `Spirit of St. Louis'
It is but fitting that the World Agricultural Forum should be headquartered in St. Louis, the heart of American agriculture. Its third biennial Congress provided the right platform for representatives of the farm sector to convey the clear message th at barriers to trade, technology and sustainability must be removed for the world to realise its full potential, says Sharad Joshi. More

MICROSCOPE

Tata Engineering: Powering ahead
IT is an emphatic return to the dividend list for Tata Engineering after a gap of two years. The company's 2002-03 numbers underline the dramatic turnaround in its performance in the last two years. Much of the good performance can be ... More

APPRAISAL

Banks shed some coyness
IT may still be a bit premature to say that banks have started baring all, but they are certainly revealing more than before. Banks are required by statute and guidelines from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Fund buying lifts UTI Bank
THE stock of private sector UTI Bank has been attracting significant interest over the past few days. According to dealers, two large mutual funds were seen mopping up the shares of the bank on Tuesday. In fact, the counter witnessed two ... More

SENSOR

Volatile trading session at BSE
IT was a volatile trading session at the bourses on Tuesday. After touching a high of 3118.58 during the early part of the day, the BSE Sensex witnessed a sharp slide in the later part to close at 3081.94 points. A sharp fall in the values of ... More

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