The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, July 27, 2003

Asset disposal — Sabotaging the sale
THE proposals to place restrictions on the sale of assets by companies, especially through the subsidiary route, is bound to be a setback to corporate restructuring plans. The Centre is to make changes to the legal ... More

TAKING COUNT

Sensex free-float: A stock taking
The shift to free-float methodology for calculating Sensex values leads to decline in weight of stocks such as HLL. These could consequently suffer a temporary decline in value. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

What is a free-float index?
THE BSE Sensex will become a free-float index from September 1. What is a free-float index? To understand this, let us look at a market-weighted index. Assume a one-stock index. Suppose the price of this stock was Rs ... More

TAX TALK

Tax rates and turnover for trading gains
I AM engaged in the buying and selling of shares on the same day. You have earlier clarified through this column that such buying and selling is to be treated as a speculative business. Will such profit from a ... More

IN FOCUS

Software sector — Beyond near-term concerns
EARLY this week, senior officials of IBM, speaking to The New York Times, reiterated the need to speed efforts to move white-collar jobs overseas, to India and elsewhere. Such statements made in recent times ... More

FD WATCH

Ashok Leyland Finance: On track
THE fixed deposit programme of Ashok Leyland Finance is one of the better fixed-income options available in the market. Not only are the interest rates attractive, they are also higher than the general market rates at ... More

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