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Saturday, March 08, 2003
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Quality of life
IF one is not mistaken, the Union Budget speech of the Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, did not contain any reference to what may be described as the "quality of life", generally speaking. It dealt with the usual fiscal policy statements and ... More

E-DIMENSION


Jaswant the elephant, and blind men all around
THIS is the time for the yearly ritual of post-Budget carnival, when opinions go about bare as in a Samba dance. There is so much for the ears and, if you are glued to the TV, eyes too, where people toss about numbers and do crystal gazing to ... More

SAY CHEEK


Get this before the Budget gets you
IT'S been a week since the Budget was out and there are nagging questions which are multiplying by the hour as more programmes are on air and people read more articles about how and why what Jaswant would hit where and whom. What do I get ... More

ON MINT STREET


Banks at receiving end on bad debt sale by ARCs
TALKS between banks and RBI on guidelines for asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) seem to be stuck on pricing of assets. ARC managers favour a system of asset pricing which takes into account the current value of the impaired asset minus ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND


FMCG entry helps ITC buck trend
ON a dull day when there was selling pressure, cigarette major ITC bucked the trend. The firmness in ITC counter was mainly attributed to the domestic institutions buying. Dealers said the domestic institutions are looking for defensive stocks ... More

ON THE HEDGE


Tata Steel: Outlook negative, buy March 140 puts
THE following strategies are based on Friday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options Tata Steel: The outlook on this stock is negative. The near-term downside price target is Rs 128. The risk is that ... More

SENSOR


Sensex falls for fifth day in a row; FMCGs shine
NOT too often in the recent past has the stock market indices closed on a weak note on all five trading days of the week. Aided by the bearish trend on Friday, the benchmark indices created a record of sorts by posting net decline for fifth day ... More
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