![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, October 08, 2002 |
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OPINION EDITORIAL Planning in the air THE CONCEPT OF the government laying down a road map for the economy to achieve a pre-set rate of growth might have lost quite a bit of its relevance in the liberalising atmosphere of the 1990s. Even so, the approval of a Plan document, ... More ECONOMY US: Following Japan into deflation? IS THE US following Japan into a deflation? It would seem so. The US Federal Reserve Board has cut the interest rate from about six per cent to less than two per cent, but the economy is not responding. The Fed has argued in a much-publicised ... More
Old questions, new answers ENVIRONMENT
Little noise about noise pollutionNOISE pollution, unlike air, water, land/soil pollution, is not taken seriously in our country. It appears that control of noise pollution remains a domain of the developed West. It is due to our sheer ignorance about the hazards of noise ... More POLITICS Inter-State water issues Towards a perennial solution It is time for the policy-makers to think of a permanent solution to inter-State water problems.The only tangible solution lies in creating the required infrastructure to divert the surplus waters available in one part of the country to the deficit a reas. The Constitution Review Committee must make a strong recommendation to transfer the subject of river waters to the Central list, says S. Gurumurthi. More MANAGEMENT Why CEOs need mentors MENTORING is a process of enabling and supporting sometimes triggering a major change in the life and work of a person. It has been defined by a management writer as "off-line help by one person to another in making significant ... More TERRORISM Costs of urban terrorism THE first anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre (WTC) is just past, and it may be appropriate to recall the significant costs the tragedy will have on urban public finances, urban services and governance on any city centre ... More CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Business ethics: Precept easier than practiceBUSINESS ethics is now being debated with renewed vigour following corporate scandals such as those of Enron and Tyco. "Americans are asking whether any of their companies can be trusted", writes Patience Wheatcroft, Business Editor of The ... More LETTERS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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