The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 24, 2006

AUTOMOBILES
Fishtailing GM seeks a driver
Having been at the head of the world auto industry, GM finds it difficult to accept that others may have better ideas about how to compete to win. Instead of a small team to make quick operational decisions, it is gunning for a mammoth alliance. But will that steady the course? More

ECONOMY
Subsidies and development
If the WTO Doha Agenda is all about development, the scales must be tilted a bit in favour of the poor, for only then will the principle of equity be sufficiently infused in the negotiating process for the outcome to be truly useful and meaningful to the vast majority of people. While some countries consider a further strengthening of the disciplines in the Subsidies and Countervailing Agreement, others are for more flexible use of subsidies. More

Eleventh Plan Approach Paper — Needed a blueprint for growth-plus-jobs
Neither jobless growth nor growthless jobs is desirable. Growth-plus-jobs requires a two-pronged approach: One, reduce the `incremental capital to output ratio' for hi-tech, high-skill, high-wage employment. Two, increase the `marginal propensity for consumption' of those in unskilled jobs, says P. V. INDIRESAN. More

FOREX
Following the Singapore model
Investing forex reserves More

POLITICS
Punitive transfers
Whenever, during colonial rule, the transfer of an official was questioned on the ground of vindictiveness or victimisation, the stand invariably taken by the top brass was that transfers were always made in ... More

TERRORISM
Watch the ball, in tough times
As I write this, I hear the TV describing the incredible ordeal of a marathon runner, who survived for days lost in the Sahara, without food or water. After a providential rescue and long convalescence, he ... More

LETTERS

Withdrawal of Section 80L

WTO talks

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