The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 06, 2004

OFFHAND
The population time bomb is ticking
INDIA's current population is 102.8 crore, to which are added 44,640 babies born every day or 1.6 crore (equal to the entire population of Australia) every year. Given the birth rate of 31 per thousand people (as ... More

ON MINT STREET
Banks continue to have the cake and eat it too
FOR long, the public placing funds in bank deposits had suspected an unfair deal from bankers. Confirmation now comes from the Report of the Advisory Committee to advise on the administered interest rates and rationalisation of saving instruments ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Up on global price hike
OPTICAL fibre cable companies shares are being bought by market players in the last few days. Dealers said the interest in these stocks is due to the rise in optical fibre cables price in international market. Market buzz is that the price has ... More

SENSOR
Value-picking in mid-cap stocks
AFTER a prolonged dull phase, the market showed some traction on Thursday. The entry of CalPERS (the largest pension fund in the US) into the Indian stock markets had been a much-awaited event. The news that CalPERS prefers to invest in the ... More

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