COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Human communication
Of all the numerous facets of management, the most complex is the one to do with human communication. This is not just because human beings are complex in themselves. Of course, they are veritable continents ...
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WIDE CANVAS
Climate-change: The real Doomsday
The supreme danger staring the planet in the face is that the climate-change process may have become irreversible, and no matter what mankind chooses to do today it cannot prevent the development of a terrestrial climate totally inhospitable to the c ontinuation of life as we know today.
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ON THE MOVE
Dedicated freight corridors: Is marshalling Japanese technology the right move?
A Railways team visits Japan to study the rail system, which is among the best in the world in terms of track construction and maintenance, signalling and communication, tunnelling and container handling.
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Further consolidation in markets likely
Metal stocks may see pressure on Red Kite's loss
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Key points behind MFs' asset base
Another month, another set of numbers and yet another group of winners and losers. A routine matter for casual observers, a boring subject for most investors and a regular story for journalists on the mutual funds beat. And that, of course, is ...
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ADR WATCH
Indian counters shine
Except for Dr Reddy, MTNL and Tata Motors, all the other counters maintained the momentum. VSNL, which announced a drop in Q3 profit during last week, was the biggest gainer. Its net profit dipped to Rs 142 crore for the quarter ended December ...
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VISION 2020
Think `SDZs', not SEZs
Had the Government thought of creating Special Development Zones instead of the Economic Zones, and created better educational, medical, communication, municipal and other facilities of direct value to people. Had it explained to the people that just to pay for those amenities, it is establishing a Public-Private Partnership and bringing in major industry, then the SEZs, or rather SDZs, would have been met with much enthusiasm, not scepticism, says P. V. INDIRESAN.
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RANDOM WALK
Promoting tourism responsibly
By focusing on economic, social and environmental sustainability in tourism-related projects, Kerala can easily hope to better its already remarkable performance in the field.
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CHAT
Market positives outnumber the negatives?
Jogin was running the IPOs through his software. Dakshinamoorthy was studying a report on steel. And Khan was charting the trends in mutual funds. All, till Sridevi messaged them, `Bz' to mean bazaar. File in! Sri: Hi, charts look ...
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JOTTINGS
Drowning in e-waste
When we read media reports that Britain tops the European league in building mountains of waste from consumer products used and thrown when they are still serviceable, is it time to ask ourselves whether it is ...
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Driver's skill in the Nissan U-turn
Turnarounds require fresh thinking. A turnaround manager even by resisting the temptation to decry systems and operations in existence and keeping himself from overstating the problems of the firm, can achieve success. All that one needs to do is to focus on re-awakening the talents already existing in the company.
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