The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 20, 2003

Loose ball
AS IN commentator boxes where they debate the batting style of two left-handers against one bowler, a common exercise in newsrooms is to compare how two papers have reported the same story. The luxury of such evaluation, to judge who did better, ... More

IMPRESSIONS

Moral suasion
NO SOONER had I settled into the chair in the friendly neighbourhood barbers' than I almost jumped out of my skin. For, behind the spotless white apron, in the place of my genial hairdresser, was my genial bank manager! Adjusting his red silk ... More

SAY CHEEK

Iraq war is imminent, so what?
WHEN war is round the corner, it would be most inappropriate to think of anything other than bunkers and tanks, sirens and wails, nation and ration. Yet there are very urgent questions one might fear to ask. Such as: If there is a war, on ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

HDFC rises on FII backing
AFTER falling on Monday, the stock price of housing finance company HDFC recovered on Wednesday. Dealers said the rise was mainly on account of increased interest from leading FIIs. The talks are that in the current uncertain environment, the ... More

ON THE HEDGE

Infosys: Outlook negative, buy April 4000 puts
THE following strategies are based on Wednesday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options Infosys: The outlook on this stock is negative. The downside price target is Rs 3,830. The risk is that the stock ... More

SENSOR

Market bounces back as war uncertainty ends
POST-Holi, with the uncertainty about the war in the Gulf almost turning into reality, the benchmark indices ended in positive territory on Wednesday. The BSE Sensex ended 36.2 points higher at 3121.1 points as compared to Monday's close of ... More

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