The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 25, 2003

Sailing sans direction?
THERE HAS NEVER been a great departure from the set pattern, no matter whoever in power. As the Lok Sabha election looms on the horizon, directives go out from the top to various Ministries to firm up ambitious projects for announcement. It is ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Unified licence — Fairness alone can redeem the Government
The unified licence proposal can be used as a plank to settle all the long-pending issues before TRAI and the government. More

ECONOMY

The President's dream
It is Dr Abdul Kalam's dream to create a high-quality Rurban habitat on either side of a ring road linking a loop of villages. Called PURA, its design offers many advantages: All infrastructure lengths are halved. Workplace and residences can be co-l ocated. Real-estate prices will be a fraction of that in cities. The President has a convert in the Prime Minister, but will he get businessmen to so think, wonders P. V. Indiresan. More

Economy: Course correction imperative
IT IS too early to judge how the economy will progress during the year. However, it is tempting, as always, to read the economy's tea leaves. I recently reviewed a copy of the Government's monthly economic report for ... More

Making our people rich
NEARLY six decades ago momentous things happened in both our countries. We made our people free. We established institutions and secured a system of Government where the people were able to elect the Parliament and ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS

A market for terrorism information
IT WOULD probably go down as the shortest-lived idea in the US. Within 24 hours of its being made public, everyone important in both the political parties was scrambling to announce that it was `ghoulish' and the ... More

TRENDS

Lucky Americans!
HOW I wish I were born in the US — if for no other reason than making millions of dollars as compensation by suing companies for accidents. You remember 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who successfully sued McDonald's ... More

LETTERS

Soft-drinks

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