OPINION
EDITORIAL
Powell-speak on BPO
THE US SECRETARY of State, Mr Colin Powell, saying that Washington did not want a quid pro quo of business process outsourcing for American exports to India is nothing new. For, in February, the US Charge d'Affaires in New Delhi had said ...
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INSIGHT
Echoes of Madrid, Seoul and Taipei
A LOT has happened since last Thursday (March 11, 2004) and financial markets are clearly struggling to cope with them and interpret them. First, the bombing at Madrid and the dramatic impact it had on the national ...
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POLITICS
Politics of media watch
With elections round the corner, the focus is on politicians most of whom are myopic, play ruthlessly the politics of caste and fear, and some even face criminal cases. Electoral reforms will change things but only slowly. Media, says P. V. Indire san, is the answer. The media have an opportunity, and the responsibility, to guide how small swings that matter are generated — by useful economic development or by harmful caste politics.
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The poll scene in Kolkata
Political stability is another area in which West Bengal has excelled when compared to other States. At a general level, therefore, the point can perhaps be made that the Left Front today finds itself in an impregnable position.
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Mirror to US
HAS iron entered into the soul of the US, and more particularly, the present Bush administration? Has there been a coarsening of the mind and culture of the American establishment? Can it be that a country that presumes ...
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MANAGEMENT
Need to reframe mental moulds
A SURE way of being promoted in an organisation is to go ``above and beyond'' the call of duty. What this usually means is taking initiative and often more authority than one is given. A person who stays within the box ...
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RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS
Who will fill the top slot at IMF?
The principles of good governance are as applicable in the functioning of the Brettonwoods institutions as in any corporate. The International Monetary Fund, being at the centre of the world's financial management, deserves to follow the well-establi shed principles of good corporate governance in its choice of its next Managing Director.
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LETTERS
Oil prices
New committee
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