The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 28, 2005

SIMPLY...
Mid-life crisis ahead for call centres?
PASSIONS run high when issues relating to Alang, the world's largest ship-breaking yard, are discussed. There are many who see the Gujarat port town as a death factory with sub-human working conditions. Then there are ... More

EDITORIAL

End food adulteration
ADULTERATION OF FOOD is a way of life for many — be they manufacturers or traders. Marketing sub-standard quality, mixing low-price inferior substitutes with superior quality food, misbranding, passing off one product as another, cheating ... More

AGRICULTURE

Exit agriculture, enter services
With limited opportunities in agriculture, the country must focus on areas where demand is not limited — the services sector appears to be the best bet. More

FOREX

Rupee: Will it defy global dollar upswing?
Defying many predictions of a disruptive breakdown, the dollar is up noticeably against all major currencies. A burgeoning trade deficit, narrowing interest rate differentials between the US and India, and a deceleration in capital flows form the fou ndation for many bearish forecasts about the rupee. Many market participants have made a negative correlation between the movements in US interest rates and the magnitude of capital flows to India — a relationship that, T. B. Kapali argu es, is not supported at all. More

CONSUMERISM

Out of their depth
ALL you have to do is to talk to your friends and their spouses, and the chances are that all of them will have nasty experiences to relate about the indifference of most companies in the private sector towards ... More

LETTERS

Credit through post-offices

Credit Policy

Foreign investments

Emerging force

Taxing the candidates

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