The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 26, 2003

Differential pricing
THE REPORTED RELUCTANCE of the Petroleum Minister, Mr Ram Naik, to allow differential pricing of petroleum products in coastal and inland locations is not surprising in the least. It is only yet another manifestation of the Petroleum Ministry's ... More

AGRICULTURE

Farmers: Distanced by globalisation
IN the run-up to the World Trade Organisation's failed meeting in Cancun, most writers on both sides of the economic divide called for an end to unfair farm subsidies and tariffs in rich countries. After all, who could ... More

STOCK EXCHANGES

Shakeup in NYSE
THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was in a turmoil recently over yet one of those follies which are becoming a predictable feature of the US business culture. This time it was the ready and even abject acquiescence of ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Public offers, not when bourses on a high
THAT many companies are proposing to make public offers in the coming months is not surprising. After all, companies can offer shares at stiff premium when the secondary market is vibrant, as it is now. But making ... More

WTO

What next, after Cancun?
While many experts had predicted that the Cancun negotiations would fail over the question of agricultural subsidies, they actually collapsed because of the insistence of developed countries to bring on board the Singapore issues. However, the minist erial signalled the growing power of the developing nations and their firm resolve to stick together against all odds, says S. D. Naik. More

WTO must survive — On the paradigm of give and take
The development dimension of the developing countries was a key aspect of the Cancun Ministerial. Unfortunately, that did not take off. More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

On building lasting institutions
In these days of dramatic corporate collapse, it is unbelievable that an organised entity lasted as long as a million years. When you read a thing like that you want to look around to see what kind of organisations have lasted long. More

LETTERS

Reducing poverty

GE Shipping clarifies

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