The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 20, 2003

Tangled skein of divestment
THE DISINVESTMENT COMMISSION will surely not want the Government to walk on fire. Its latest report may not cover any big names in the public sector, yet it carries great import. At a time when privatisation has become synonymous with ... More

ECONOMY

Of sluggish economies, stubborn Wall Street
After 12 interest rate cuts and two rounds of fiscal expansion, the US economy presents a picture of sluggishness. The difficulties of pulling an economy — coming off an asset bubble — out of its doldrums have been consistently understat ed by Wall Street, says V. Anantha-Nageswaran. More

POLITICS

NRIs: More to be pitied than censured?
THE Union Government will have to work harder than merely conferring dual citizenship on non-resident Indians in order to enhance their participation in India. The Chinese diaspora has often been upheld as an example of what non-residents can do ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

NRI meets with a difference
THE media were full of statements and speeches from the "visiting NRIs and Government dignitaries". The leaders and representatives of non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin have come and gone. The world at large is, however, not much ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Boards as bulwark
SCANDALS involving corporates which enjoyed the implicit trust of the investors and were taken to be the last word in business ethics and sound management have raised disturbing questions about the quality of control and supervision exercised by ... More

BRANDS

Building international brands from India
AS INDIAN companies seek to be major players in global markets, one of the key challenges they face is building global brands. Building brands is important — as wages rise with economic development, competing on cost alone may not be ... More

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