Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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OPINION EDITORIAL Undesirable exemptions Promoters of companies have gained considerably by listing, and there is no reason why they should not offer a larger share of the benefits to investors at large. More EMPLOYMENT ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT TO TRADE POLICY 
Strategising to create more employmentThe latest Annual Supplement to the Trade Policy has measures to identify and nurture special focus areas, which would generate additional employment opportunities particularly in the semi-urban and rural areas. More ECONOMY 
Dangers of bilateral investment treatiesIn recent years, bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have proliferated especially for developing countries, yet they remain largely secret and outside the realm of public scrutiny and audit. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasek har and Jayati Ghosh discuss the current and potential implications of these BITs. More ENVIRONMENT The currency for carbon trading Developed countries have agreed that if their industries cannot reduce carbon emissions themselves in their own countries, they will pay others like India (a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol) to do it for them. The `currency' for trade in car bon-reduction obligations is a Carbon Emission Reduction (CER). A smaller, but quickly maturing, market is Verified Emission Reduction (VER) aimed at smaller projects with a strong sustainability story backing it. Even small carbon savings projects b ecome viable and attractive through VERs. More STEEL Has Arcelor been softened? Mittal's takeover bid has pushed Arcelor into the defensive. Arcelor has decided to raise the dividend, and make a share buyback, together costing € 5.4 billion. Arcelor has blinked; Mittal has won, and can go about consolidating the world's ste el-makers into its operations, says G. RAMACHANDRAN. More MANAGEMENT Leadership and communication LETTERS Advt Links: • Construct Data • About:Blank • tax deductions • Tanning Beds • Personal Computing resources • Hawaii Vacations - Hanalei Bay Resort • Business Health Insurance Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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