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  • Why now?

    WIDE CANVAS


    National interest and FDI
    NOT surprisingly, the Cabinet's decision to allow a maximum of 26 per cent foreign direct invest in the print media has aroused a lot of interest, one of the arguments offered in criticism of the decision focusing on the unwanted effect it will ... More

    ON THE MOVE


    Coal linkages raise port temperatures
    THE THERMAL coal linkages for coastal shipments through Paradip and Haldia ports for the July-September quarter have been slashed while that for Visakhapatnam port for has been kept unchanged vis-a-vis the April-June quarter. The Coal ... More

    A RINGSIDE VIEW


    Retail investors set to return
    THE stock market seems to be bottoming out. This is the impression one gathers from a cross section of market players. "The market has been preparing the ground for a bull phase for quite some time now. Despite a plethora of negative news in ... More

    POLICY WATCH


    Regulating auditors: Easier said than done
    FOR long, policy makers have admitted that in India reforms are crises-driven. Over the past few years, whenever a crisis has breaks out in the financial sector, the standard response has been to set up a new regulator or to suggest the setting ... More

    MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


    Can debt funds beat interest rate volatility?
    A good number of mutual funds have started talking about how they are trying to manage their debt products in tune with changes on the interest rate front. The buzzword that is doing the rounds is "active" fund management. The strategies ... More

    ADR WATCH


    VSNL drifts lower
    WITH accounting malpractices in more and more companies coming out in the US, the sentiment at the stock markets has taken a toll. After Enron, it is now the turn of WorldCom and Xerox Corp, to disclose that they have not followed accounting ... More

    VISION 2020


    Vision 2020 — The jobless growth conundrum
    A FEW weeks ago, the Planning Commission put out a paper on employment that contradicted its own recommendations of a couple of a few years ago. For some reason, probably because of the lack of consensus within the Commission itself, the report ... More

    TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


    Cotton futures may move down
    Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange on Friday skyrocketed above this week's peak, and the most-active contract managed to settle at a one-year high. Among other supporting factors were the US dollar, slump and the strength in the ... More

    AMERICAN PERISCOPE


    Wanted: A corporate clown
    YOU might well ask, "What? Another one!" But I was reminded of the old era of monarchs who would be entertained by an in-house clown. Apart from keeping the king in good humour, the clown played a useful task of being the only one who could ... More
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  • Top Stories
    'Master plan needed for rainwater harvesting'


    IT sector prospects bright despite slowdown: OECD

    Human resource management — New agenda for 21st Century

    DCA in talks with SEBI to tighten pref allotment norms

    Another package for IFCI likely

    April-June M-cap declines 5.83 pc — Finance, auto stocks buck the trend

    FAO working on monocrotophos ban

    Shippers upset at cancellation of Shipping Minister's visit — Kochi port users' hopes belied

    In Depth
    Gender Justice
    Simple Economics
    Guide to derivatives


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