The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Opening strategic windows
MICROSOFT LAUNCHING A live version on-line of its popular operating system, Windows, and a suite of office applications is an interesting strategic initiative in the marketing of software products and should be beneficial to retail consumers and ... More

AGRICULTURE

SIMPLY...
Farming options in a global village
SUNDAY saw the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra claim a dubious century. A tribal farmer, Pardes Pachkawdu Jata, ended his life, just as 99 others before him had this year in the State's cotton growing belt. Evidently, he ... More

ECONOMY

Can inflationary pressures be ignored?
When central banks the world over are raising interest rates fearing inflation, the Reserve Bank of India has chosen to buck the trend, perhaps unwilling to dampen the rising business investments. This may benefit corporate houses but leave the un der-privileged and less affluent sections wondering why the RBI is not playing the part of a competent referee, says T. C. A. Ramanujam. More

POLITICS

Is there a way to safely escrow our trust in governance?
THE VOLCKER Report on the manipulations in the `Oil-for-Food Programme' (OFFP) is much in news. One of its chapters is titled ``The Escrow Bank and Conflicting Interests''. If you wonder what escrow is about, it is just ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS

Private hospitals
FROM all that I hear of experiences of relatives and friends with the functioning of private hospitals, I get the impression that they are getting to be a law unto themselves. Like education, private health care has also become a purely ... More

BANKING

Basle II norms: Challenge and opportunity for Indian banks
THE traditional face of banks as mere financial intermediaries has changed because of the paradigm shifts from balance-sheet to off-balance-sheet intermediation, from capital adequacy to capital efficiency, and pure ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

FDI in retail: More benefits than costs
THE debate on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail is hotting up. Once again, the ruling Government and its allies are in sharp disagreement. What is the debate about? The opposition to FDI in retail rests on ... More

LETTERS

Rebuilding `Silicon Valley'

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