EXCLUSIVE
'Linking my resignation to the reshuffle would be unfair to the government'
Economic Affairs Secretary E A S Sarma on why he wants to quit the IAS.

STOCK TALK
'The worst seems to be behind us'
'I believe that the market will hold at 3495. We could test the 4100-4200 area on the Sensex,' says Ramesh S Damani.

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for November 3, 2000
Sensex, Pentamedia, Satyam, Wipro, Reliance... Check out what you can do on Friday.

FUND NEWS
UTI to launch exchange-traded fund
An exchange-traded fund is a basket of securities that is traded, like individual stocks, on an exchange, says Aabhas Pandya.

COLUMN
State governments: A decade of financial crisis
"Several factors are responsible for the rapid degeneration of state-owned undertakings and the financial bankruptcy of states. But the biggest factor is probably the changing political equations at the Centre and the states," says Sucheta Dalal.

MARKET IMPACT
VSNL reels under tariff cuts, loss of monopoly Reliance's stellar results difficult to sustain
New norms spur SBI profits

FEATURE
Indian firms stream in to offer broadband services
Broadband Internet got hotter in India this week with the announcement of two ambitious ventures to boost video and sound broadcast over the medium.