The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 19, 2003

Powering a tariff policy
IT MAY ONLY be a preliminary discussion paper on the power tariff policy, but it has raised the hackles of a number of States. Their grouse is that they were not consulted by the Union Power Ministry when it prepared the draft with assistance ... More

ECONOMY

Back to the future — Q4 to look like Q2
THE US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) left the target for the federal funds rate unchanged at 1 per cent. It was not a surprise. Their communication too was quite similar to the one that they released ... More

US' concern over job outsourcing — Old-world style protectionism
There is continuing debate in the US on how liberal it should be with visas for foreign workers and the effects of job outsourcing. For India, a major issue of concern is the US' moves through law to cap the number of visas for foreign workers and i mpose other restrictions on expatriate employment. S. Sethuraman assesses the US' fears. More

FOREIGN TRADE

China: The Gen-next export destination?
MORE than a threat, China has emerged a saviour to South-East Asian nations, especially those hit by the currency turmoil. There was a fear that with the entry of cheap Chinese-made goods into the global market, the ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Mutual funds — The importance of hedging short-term
The problem at present is that portfolio managers do not seem to have a hedging strategy at all. More

POLITICS

Keep off neocons
THE neocons now dominating the Bush Administration in the US have been doing their damnedest to cause revulsion and hostility against that country in every possible way. The hauteur with which they have been dealing ... More

COTTON

Is modernisation of TN's ginneries viable?
THE Government of India offers subsidy of up to Rs 27 lakh to every newly set up or modernised composite ginning and pressing (G&P) factory through Mini Mission IV of the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC), a scheme ... More

RAILWAYS

Indian Railways: Time to improve standards
CARRYING an average 13 million passengers in 8,250 passenger-trains daily, the Indian Railways is one of the world's largest transporters of passenger traffic. But despite such phenomenal dependence by the travelling ... More

LETTERS

Helping the aged

Price collapse

HPCL, BPCL sell-off

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