The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 06, 2002

Flexi-fares
THE REPORTED MOVE of the Railways to introduce flexible pricing for some premium class passenger tickets is to be welcomed for several reasons. In essence, it marks a step beyond the modest tariff rebalancing attempted by the Railway Minister, ... More

AUTOMOBILES

Hyundai's strategy fits Alabama's needs
AUTOMOBILE companies in the US are not in a very happy situation. The downturn in the economy has taken its toll on consumer spending. In addition to the economy, Ford Motor Co., the Number 2 automaker, is struggling to adjust to a new strategy ... More

ECONOMY

Vision 2020: Local skills should enrich rural areas
LET us return to the question of generating employment in rural areas. For that purpose, political activists advocate handing over land to the tiller. Most social workers spend their entire lives trying to revive dying crafts. Either way, the ... More

Oxfam report: Trade expansion leaves poor behind
ECONOMIC integration is not an entirely new phenomenon. For thousands of years countries have traded with each other. But uncertainties attached to the interaction create fears or doubts over globalisation. More than a decade ago, three ... More

POLITICS

Sri Lanka: Costly peace
FOR the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mr Ranil Wickremesighe's Government, the peace process is running up a huge bill, not only in political terms but also the economic cost of keeping the process going. On the political front, the Opposition ... More

Rights of the "little man"
THE Supreme Court has once again declared to the nation and the world in a loud and clear voice that the rights and duties of the "little man" on the street forms the kernel of the system of parliamentary democracy being practised in India, the ... More

Blow for voters

STOCK MARKETS

Investigations and recriminations on Wall Street
THE boom and bust in the US stock market and the consequent impoverishment of investors have led to an inevitable chain of recriminations and investigations. In particular, the dot.com-related boom followed by its collapse has left many investors ... More

LETTERS

Agri-awareness

Thinning the spreads

Corporate behaviour

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