The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 14, 2003

Leave QMC alone
THE weeklong row over the feared demolition of the more-than-a-century-old, legendary Queen Mary's College (QMC) in Chennai overshadowed even the orgies of destruction in Iraq. The young students showed invincible spirit and a hitherto ... More

WIDE CANVAS

Getting Iraq back on its feet
CLEARLY, the focus of the conflict in Iraq is now shifting to the reconstruction phase which, curiously, could become far more difficult to negotiate than the hostilities phase itself. This is primarily because, once again, Washington and London ... More

ON THE MOVE

Truckload of problems, but...
...strike is no solution
TRUCKERS are on the warpath. The All India Motor Transport Congress, which called for an indefinite strike from April 14, to secure its charter of demands, says it gave enough time to the Government to sort out the truckers problems. Its demands ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

After Infosys guidance... Attention on FIIs' move
The outlook for old economy stock appears to be evenly balanced. However, estimated drop in rabi crop — food grains, cereals, pulses and oliseed — may not augur well for the sentiment. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

JM Mutual assets grow 121 pc
THE latest annual growth figures recorded by mutual funds make interesting reading, given the fact that some of the smaller players have posted major increases in their assets. JM Mutual tops the league tables, thanks to an asset growth of 121 ... More

GLOBAL MONITOR

Gold may follow equity markets
FOR the first time in four months, after falling below $320 an ounce last week, in a mirror reaction to the positive gains seen in equity markets and the US dollar rallying on the rapid move towards military success in Iraq, gold found support ... More

ADR WATCH

Tech counters hit 52-week lows
AS the US-led Iraq war appeared to have almost finished, investors now shifted their focus back to economic fundamentals and corporate results. With cautious profit guidance flowing from companies such as J.C. Penney & Co (US department store ... More

SAY CHEEK

To `run' or not to `run'
THERE is an old story of how when, in a sleepy village which had no mobiles, TVs and so on, Ramu's wife gave birth to a baby girl, the ayah shouted the news from inside the small house and Ramu's in-laws heard that, and then the news ... More

STOCKS TO WATCH

Can Wipro, Hughes reverse direction?
WITH Infosys' quarterly results sent the stock markets into tailspin, the share prices of quite a few software companies were battered to lower levels last week. The share prices of Hughes Software and Wipro could see further action this week ... More

RANDOM WALK

Boycott wars
AS skirmishes between the US-UK coalition forces and the Iraqi militia continue, and the media is awash with images of bombed buildings, dead soldiers and maimed citizens, including children swathed in bandages, global opposition to the war is ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Upward tweak in cotton likely
NYCE cotton futures closed higher on Friday on funds and option-related buying mainly on the demand-supply data released by USDA. World-end stocks of cotton for the 2002-03 marketing year are expected to be at the lowest level since 1994-95 ... More

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