The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 01, 2007

ENVIRONMENT
Global warming: Who foots the bill for West's luxury?
Biofuels offer some hope in the mitigation of global warming, and among these butanol deserves closer scrutiny as it is much more favourable than ethanol. More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Private equity and India's FDI boom
India in recent months has been witnessing a surge in foreign direct investment inflows which, together with enhanced borrowing abroad by Indian firms, seems to explain the sharp rise in foreign exchange reserves. In this edition of Macroscan , C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh discuss the possible source of these direct investment flows and the factors driving such investments. More

ADVERTISING
Muted response
I have all along believed, innocently, that I am one of the peevish bohemians to press the mute button as soon as a channel announces a commercial break or does it unannounced. But a conscious observation over a ... More

BOOKS
Uncommitted workforce, a mirror image of mobile capital
Is the easy international mobility of capital-owners creating employees who simply will not commit? Studying the aspirations, fears, and beliefs of employees in China's transitional economy, Fast Boat to China says that almost everyone loses in the l ong run because `job pressure offshore' is no less severe than `the anxiety experienced by those onshore'. More

LETTERS

Conserve energy

Sugar decontrol

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Top Stories
Inflation worries dominate debate on Finance Bill

New norms for foreign investment in pref shares

QIP route: SEBI sets norm of minimum 1 year listing

Mobile operators mull process for vigilance audit

Bio-diesel demand to propel grain, oil prices higher

Crude output up 5.6%, gas down by 2% last fiscal

$160-b export target too ambitious: Survey

Andhra Bank full-year net up 11% at Rs 538 cr

Treasury stocks sale boosts United Spirits' Q4 net

Looking back
Apr. 22-Apr. 28
Cement: The hardening impasse

Hawkish talk, dovish walk

Inflation target is only a `self-imposed, informal mandate'