The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 18, 2002

What price wheat?
EVEN AS THE Centre is deeply embroiled in the politically critical Ayodhya controversy, another issue of serious economic consequence is waiting to be addressed — the minimum support price (MSP) for, and procurement of, wheat. The crop is ... More

BUDGET

Will industry rise to the challenge?
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, and his team should be congratulated for avoiding theatrics and getting down to business. He has not played to lobbyists, or to the gallery. He believes that the pace of growth will accelerate on its own ... More

ECONOMY

Investing in bear market -- A contrarian indicator
"Stocks are still priced as though we were at the top of a bubble market. The dollar is still regarded as though it would last forever. And Americans still spend money as if they had some." — www.dailyreckoning.com THIS ... More

Bush's Ten Commandments
THE SERIOUS concern of the US Administration about business and investor protection is shown by the fact that the President, Mr George Bush, took time off from his global preoccupations to issue a 10-point corporate governance plan. This is ... More

Focus on globalisation

STEEL

Global steel industry scrambles to adjust
THE `infant industry' argument is a mainstay in trade theory. The reasoning is that developing countries may have to step in and protect a feeble and growing industry from competitive onslaught through tariffs. But where do we look for ... More

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

When the rains lash Malacca

PEOPLE

James Tobin: An economist with a difference
JAMES Tobin is no more. A PhD from Harvard, Tobin won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1981. The award was in recognition of his pioneering work concerning the financial markets and their relation to expenditure decisions, employment, production ... More

LETTERS

Service tax

Duty on tobacco

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MTNL to invest Rs 300 cr in ITI -- Deal may prove a win-win for both

Seshasayee Paper: Marketing without undue pressure

AMD gaining in chip market share

Investing in bear market -- A contrarian indicator

Indian Bank recap may come with riders

Will Govt bite the bullet on UTI reforms?

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Mar. 10-Mar. 16
The Budget and its fineprint

Discrimination `at work'