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Thursday, May 17, 2001

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	The business of defence A legitimate query A nation of shopkeepers The ABC to NMD of sanctions Guns of the licence raj


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	Invite Malaysia for palmoil JVs instead of lowering import duty Karunanidhi charted DMK’s ship in the wrong direction An economically battered Assam pins its hopes on Gogoi Left Front may induct outside talent in Bengal cabinet Rural telephony: Of dismal facts & ambitious picture

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Tata Steel clocks huge volumes as FIIs shift focus to defensive stocks
THE foreign institutional investors (FIIs) seem to have shifted their focus. Besides buying across the board, they have concentrated on value buying, particularly after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) decision paving the way for the introduction of rolling settlement on the domestic bourses from July 2.

BSE to kick off mock trading in options by May 19
THE Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE) is all set to kickstart the mock trading sessions for Sensex options from May 19, 2001. These mock trading sessions are intended to stimulate options trading environment and will familiarise the members with the system.

FII buying props Sensex up 15 points
HEAVY institutional buying particularly by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) helped the bourses to end in positive territory for the second day in succession on Wednesday.

IT stocks may remain weak
THE performance of select old economy counters was impressive and software stocks showed a mixed trend on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the index managed to gain 15 points. Stocks like RPL, Tisco, Zee Tele, Ranbaxy, Hindalco and HLL contributed whereas Infosys and Bhel had a negative impact.

Several key positions in Sebi likely to fall vacant by August
FEARS are being expressed on the possible vacuum in the top brass of the Sebi with senior executive director in-charge of investigation and surveillance LK Singhvi set to leave Sebi on expiry of his deputation term on Friday (May 18) and another executive director heading administration CM Mehra scheduled to be repatriated to his parent cadre by August 1.

Arbitrage possible in uniform settlements
THE introduction of uniform settlement cycle might not completely wipe out the arbitrage facility between exchanges. Inter-exchange arbitrage is still possible if bourses adopt different settlement cycles and also with the difference in demand and supply situation of stocks between exchanges.

Crash, spurned: Analysts desert former tech stars
AFTER Beyond.com Corp went public in 1998, a half-dozen Wall Street analysts raved about the online software retailer’s prospects, helping to send its shares soaring to a peak of $41.

Biocon India to list by mid-2002
Biotechnology major Biocon India is planning to enter the capital market by the middle of next year to raise money for its proposed expansion and to get listed at domestic bourses.

Pharmaceutical stocks surge on price control revamp hopes
Pharmaceutical stocks at the domestic bourses were in the limelight on back of market expectation that the Centre may soon be revamping the price control list for drugs.