The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 20, 2004

EDITORIAL
Dividend abuse will not pay
MUTUAL FUNDS ARE increasingly using dividend announcements to lure investors. Setting a record date for determining the eligibility for receiving the dividend is the key element of this strategy. As the dividend payout leads to an equivalent ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Regional trade and investment agreements
As WTO negotiations are becoming more difficult for the main developed country players to control, regional and bilateral deals are becoming the preferred means for large multinational capital to force open developing country markets. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh describe the patterns in such recent deals and consider the implications for developing countries. More

FOREX
Forex reserves: After hundred, back to square one?
Moving from debt- to non-debt-creating inflows does not unambiguously signal a change for the better. The latter create liabilities that are hard to quantify and even harder to anticipate and provide for. Large inflows cannot be welcomed blindly with out the FII's track record being examined closely. More

POLITICS
Economics or emotions, the poll toss-up
There is a strong possibility that many economic issues that will be raised during the coming election campaign would not have much of an impact. What might matter much more to the electorate than bread-and-butter issues may be such aspects as percep tions of political stability and leadership qualities, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. More

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