The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 27, 2002

Without taste
EXPORT INSPECTION Agency's summary order to five firms in the seafood business to stop production and exports is nothing but a knee-jerk reaction to the rejection by the European Union of some consignments that had traces of detection of ... More

POLITICS

`Regime change in Iraq' — Why the world is lining behind US
Almost all countries have announced their support to any action that the US may take against Iraq, especially after Washington has got the UN Security Council to issue a resolution providing it cover to act militarily. All the noise made by various c ountries is nothing more than overblown rhetoric, says G. Parthasarathy. More

Dangerous doctrine
THE US, leading the UK by the nose, seems to have decided to take a leaf out of Israel's book on how to go on a rampage, giving it the euphemistic nomenclature of `pre-emptive strike in self-defence'. The temptation perhaps is that Israel has ... More

CREDIT RATING

Who's afraid of downgrades?
LUCKILY they are no longer scary. Until Enron and its cohorts undid them, these all-knowing agencies used to downgrade the `country risk' of weak developing countries, weakening them further. The big three are still smarting from lashings of US ... More

LABOUR REFORMS

Reinventing labour to take on competition
The Ravindra Verma Commission report depicts how in the first decade of liberalisation economic policies failed to check the imbalances in development. The Commission says changes in labour laws must be accompanied by a well-defined social security p ackage that would benefit workers. But there is no roadmap for the public sector. And there are only suggestions on less painful ways of retrenchment. More

TRENDS

Improving our image
I FIGURED that after recent events, I should jet across to New York to talk to one of the greatest public relations experts. Bill Smartass is one of those sleek, smooth, elegant Americans who have offices high above the city. He has written ... More

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New basmati varieties hold promise for exporters

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Rules notified for NPA sale — Banks now better equipped to pursue loan defaulters

NCAER scales down growth rate to 4.8%

Rise in newsprint price likely from October

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Looking back
Sep. 15-Sep. 21
`India not geared for export industries' — Mr M. Arunachalam, Chairman, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong