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Starting trouble
AS AN ANTI-CLIMAX to all the hype and jibe, the new fiscal dawned without VAT. However, unlike in January 2002, when the scheduled switchover to a value-added tax regime was rewound by a year, this time round the new deadline may not be too far ... More

FOREX


Will the dollar be evergreen?
THE world is settling to a prolonged war in Iraq. With the visions of coalition forces sweeping into Baghdad to Iraqi people's welcome fading, there is a re-assessment of the war and its impact by the US/UK, Iraq and the world at large. One ... More

POLITICS


Of `pauses', rhetoric and messy wars
Within a few days of the strikes on Iraq, one thing is clear: No one had anticipated this level of Iraqi resistance to the combined might of the American and British forces, says Rasheeda Bhagat, looking at the war in various perspectives. More

Unthinkable goof-up
TO WHAT sorry pass are the highest offices in the land coming to! It would have been unthinkable during the halcyon years of 10-15 years of Independence for the office of the Attorney General of India, the supreme custodian of the nation's legal ... More

SUGAR


Sweet Plan, ambitious target
IT IS well-known that the sugar industry continued to face a highly restrictive policy environment even after the country embarked on the economic liberalisation process since 1991. The web of controls and restrictions woven around the industry ... More

MANAGEMENT


Agenda for holistic, cohesive management development
ANY student of management development is surprised by its range as it can be associated with something as enduring as a collegiate education or as insignificant as reading an article. Often the terms training, education, and development are ... More

SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM


Don't shut the door on small shareholders
SMALL shareholders in the UK face the unwelcome prospect of seeing a "no entry" board greeting them at the annual general meetings of the companies in which they have put their hard-earned savings in the hope of profitably participating in the ... More

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    In Focus
    Run-up to Budget
    Kelkar Report
    Bottled water: How safe is it?
    Telecom Competition
    Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma
    Housing Fin. rate war: Bonanza for consumers!
    NPAs in Banking
    In Depth
    Simple Economics
    Consumer Notes
    Tax Talk
    The Brahmananda collections
    NRIs & Investment Avenues
    Corporate Governance
    Gold: Still the winner?
    Cars: Always a beauty
    Books and Reviews
    Looking back
    Mar. 23-Mar. 29
    Nuts and bolts of the Budget

    Water privatisation — Reaching epidemic proportions

    Iraq: The war on air waves

    Coating bitter pills with sugar

    Countdown to VAT: Impact on Centre-State finances

    Hopes squeezed on oilseeds

    Narco-smuggling and ISI


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