The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 08, 2003

B-Schools on the mat
CLEARLY, dissatisfaction over the relevance and usefulness of business schools continues to haunt academics and practising managers alike. At regular intervals, articles and surveys appear questioning the ability and ... More

WIDE CANVAS

Sailing through the Cancun meeting
It is being assumed that there is a great battle on between the rich and the poor countries with the latter having their backs up against the wall in trying to fend off the demands of the former who have as their principal target a further opening up of markets for their products and also protecting their own domestic interests from the cheap exports of the developing countries. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

`Sensex may set its sight at a target of around 4790'
The SEBI Chairman, Mr G.N. Bajpai, once again uttered words of caution for the small investors last week. This is significant as an air of uneasiness is growing over scaling up of valuation in a number of equities in the current rally, which has ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Alliance braces itself for post-Arora phase
HERE'S news for those who are wondering what Alliance Capital would do in the post-Samir Arora phase. The fund, which now has to cope with a lower asset base, is currently circulating a note to investors, outlining the broad contours of its ... More

GLOBAL MONITOR

Gold speculative positions surge
IT was a firm week for gold with prices testing towards $380 an ounce, but not being able to reach and much less penetrate that level. The overall week-over-week price movement was modest. Official price of gold on Friday was $375.80/oz ... More

ADR WATCH

Tech counters sizzle
WITH analysts forecasting better days ahead for computers and their related products, the US markets ended last week on promising note. The S&P's 500 Index rose 1.3 per cent for the week and the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 2.6 per cent. ... More

VISION 2020

Officials, love thy people not power
The Indian Government is fairly well-respected, but rated low for the quality of life it offers its citizens. Government servants in India should introspect on their performance with a degree of humility, ask of themselves where they have gone wrong, and serve people, says P. V. Indiresan. More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Ah, it was all a flight in good faith
LUCKY ones saw the air show live on TV on Saturday. Luckier ones saw it live on the Marina. Helicopters and jets, formations and flights, twists and turns. And most important, nothing untoward happened. On the `afternoon after', everybody ... More

RANDOM WALK

Helmets, roads and rules
TWO events last week — both relating to civic sense and the rule of law — reveal the innate reluctance to change that exists among large sections of Kerala society. The first was the attempts by the police to enforce the Kerala High ... More

MARK TO MARKET

Should corporates disclose intentions?
THE statement by Mr Rahul Bajaj to the press last week that Bajaj Auto may demerge into two companies has raised many an eyebrow. At the heart of the debate lies the issue of information dissemination. Should corporate ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE

Facing up to corporate responsibilities
A SIGN on the wall of the men's locker room at the Madras Boat Club would read, `When the going gets tough, the tough get going.' That is how it is with facing a crisis. That is how it must be inside Coca Cola and ... More

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