The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 10, 2004

FOREIGN RELATIONS
The summit and after
MOST commentaries on what went on behind the scenes at Islamabad during the 12th SAARC summit suggest that the hour-long meeting between the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, and the Prime Minister, Mr Atal ... More

EDITORIAL
More than on the margin
THE PROPOSED MARGIN trading and automated borrowing and lending mechanism is a welcome move that could impart a higher degree of transparency, balance and strength to the stock market structure; over time, these facilities are likely to enhance ... More

ECONOMY
Mini-Budget, and maxi impact — Epochal change in mindset
The Finance Minister's latest measures endorse his recognition of the strikingly strong economic link between personal consumption spend and fiscal robustness, and of the fact that the former has to outpace government consumption spend if the country 's fiscal condition is to improve, says G. Ramachandran. More

TAXATION
Still shopping for best practices
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the need to codify the double taxation agreements in the I-T Act More

They also serve who only endorse and earn
Celebrity tax is in place, but who would come within its fold, asks S. Murlidharan More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
India matures: A significant year
THE Indian M&A market showed signs of revival in the second half of 2003. While the total deal volume was by no means as large as in the boom periods of 2000 and first half 2002, the nature of the deals indicates a More

BOOKS
You can't jawbone the market or lead it on a leash
NOTHING is provably certain. Can we, therefore, be probably certain? Perhaps, yes. You would not like to adopt something as indefinite as that as your philosophy, but Robert Rubin found it working during his quarter ... More

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Mini-Budget, and maxi impact — Epochal change in mindset

India matures: A significant year

States to borrow Rs 5,000 cr to prepay Central loans

Govt announces new rural housing scheme

Mobile operators way below TRAI benchmarks: Survey

Further market rally likely: ING Vysya MF

CSIR to launch prototype of 14-seater aircraft soon

Looking back
Dec. 28-Jan. 3
Reflections on scoring a century

The bittersweet saga of sugar

$100 billion: Understated, underexplained

Towards 2004: Nothing much to feel good about

Why interest rates should go up

Statutory minimum price: Bitter news for sugar industry