The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 21, 2005

Police image
THE hope that, with the achievement of Independence, India will be better served by its police and bureaucracy is yet to be fully realised. The image of both in the public eye continues to be unflattering. Far from earning people's respect and ... More

WIDE CANVAS

Volcker probe: The big picture
At the grassroots level, it can be argued that the seeds of corruption which ultimately affected the operation of the oil-for-food programme were sowed by the rules and guidelines drawn up to implement the programme. The two heads under which most of the wrongdoing was committed were the pricing of Iraqi oil exports and deference to Iraqi sovereignty, both in the matter of oil sales and import of humanitarian supplies. More

ON THE MOVE

Domestic container traffic in a jam
INDIA'S international trade in containers, both imports and exports, posted an impressive and steady growth in the past few years to touch 4.2 million TEUs in 2004-05. Between April and October this fiscal, the ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

It's positive feeling all around
If the winter session of Parliament can raise hopes, valuations could go up further avoiding any serious correction. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Investors yet to appreciate merits of equity investing
IF you are an investor in mutual funds, staying under invested in equity funds can ruin your chances of creating wealth. So say some of our greatest experts, people who swear by stocks and the good that they can deliver over time. Indians, ... More

ADR WATCH

Another promising week for Indian counters
US equities rallied strongly on the back of General Electric's robust earnings' forecast. The S&P-500 index hit a new four-and-half-year high and the Nasdaq a new four-year high. According to Bloomberg, the S&P 500 was up 1.1 per cent last we More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

How politicians can make monkeys of the media
INSTITUTIONAL failure is no big news for us. Rightly so, if you search for the phrase, with `India' added, Google returns `nil' news, and suggests trying `fewer keywords'. Which I do, to make the search global, and land in Howard Kurtz's ... More

RANDOM WALK

Back to the school library
The Kerala Education Department's proposed programme, meant to encourage the reading habit among schoolchildren, should be lauded. More

CHAT

Mind that mounts higher than a bird can soar
Jogin clapped slowly when Nalbandian defeated Federer in the Masters Cup. Khan tracked satellite images of tropical storm Gamma. Dakshinamoorthy wondered why PSU boards should become unmanageable while complying with clause 49. But Sridevi ... More

EUROSCAPE

France's burning economic issues
IN THE world of men's clothes, nothing is more beautiful than the tuxedo with black tie — one of the few garments that makes a man, any man, look his splendid best. Tailored well, a tux turn any man — short ... More

JOTTINGS

Tyranny of numbers
YEARS ago when a car dealership sold you a motor car, it was customary for them to ring you and ask how it was doing, and be reminded when it was due for servicing, even after the obligatory free services were over. If ... More

PEOPLE WISE

Extra large weekends alone won't balance work and life
THIS Diwali brought with it a special kind of bonus: With a couple of days personal leave, employees in many organisations were able to manage a nine-day vacation, given the string of public holidays around the same ... More

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