Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, December 13, 2002
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OPINION EDITORIAL Sentimental, not sensible FROM A PURELY sentimental perspective, nobody can take exception to the Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh's desire that pensioners, senior citizens, and widowers should earn higher rates of return on their investments. After all, they do ... More ECONOMY Deflation and economic slump — Japan's wait for another Keynes Japan is in desperate conditions. Bringing it back to a robust economic growth path is no easy task. The real solution lies in finding an appropriate policy-mix, with structural reforms, to revive the economy. Besides national economic policy measure s, some well-coordinated complementary policies of the developed countries are essential to tackle Japan's deflation and economic stagnation. More
Who will finance long-term investments? POLITICS The sad lot of Caesar's wife PERHAPS no adage has been flaunted from public platforms, articles and exhortations of every sort so frequently as the one on Caesar's wife being above suspicion. Why Caesar's wife, and not Caesar himself, and of the many married Caesars, which ... More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 
Turning the FDI tideIn a globalising world, there is intense competition among countries to maximise FDI inflows. Success on this front depends critically on a country's ability to create a favourable business environment, by providing better infrastructure and a hassle -free policy regime. What India needs is a pro-active policy and not one of excessive caution, says S. D. Naik More ECONOMIC OFFENCES JPC on market scam: Will it go the whole way? Though it is within the Joint Parliamentary Committee's powers to fix responsibility on all those who failed, including ministers, bureaucrats, regulators and institutional heads, the august body seems more comfortable settling for halfway measures. More PEOPLE Being tough, sweetly I THINK nearly everyone who meets Ms Condoleeza Rice, the US President, Mr George Bush's National Security Advisor, must come away both awed and intimidated. I wonder what our Mr Brijesh Mishra made of her. She has a brilliant academic track ... More LETTERS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Inside China Gujarat Elections In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Small Investor Looking back Dec. 1-Dec. 7 `China will be the market of tomorrow' — Mr M. Arunachalam, Chairman, Indian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong Report of National Commission on Labour — Inconsistencies weaken the safety net Of ayurveda and farmers' rights |
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