The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 06, 2003

IOC on the chopping block
THE CENTRE'S DECISION to adopt the path of least resistance with the judiciary on the issue of privatisation of Hindustan Petroleum/Bharat Petroleum needs to be welcomed. By discarding the options of either a review by the Supreme Court of its ... More

ECONOMY

World Economic Outlook — Lesson of growth without inflation ignored
THE International Monetary Fund brings out its World Economic Outlook (WEO) twice every year, once in April and the second time in September. These coincide with the semi-annual meetings of Finance Ministers and ... More

POLITICS

Intelligence fraud
BOTH THE US President, Mr George W. Bush, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, are in serious trouble for their suspected manipulation of intelligence in order to justify their attack on Iraq. Mr Bush is ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Hedgers not daunted by cash-settled market
A RECENT article in a financial daily argued that derivatives cannot be used for hedging because they are cash settled. The article concluded that a delivery-based system would be a better market design for hedging ... More

WTO

Politics of Cancun failure — US stance hardens towards G-20+ Nations
American negotiators are criticising leaders of the G-20+, especially Brazil which is one of the world's largest agricultural producer of soy beans, beef, oranges and coffee, for posing as less-developed countries when their economies are, in fact, r elatively advanced. More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Urban amenities, rural ambience
The President may be an evangelist for PURA and the Prime Minister may want 5000 of these urbanised rural settlements, but for that the Government needs to reinvent itself. PURA requires the cooperation of various ministries, and policy changes to in fuse confidence among investors to shift from large cities to the PURAs, says P. V. Indiresan. More

ONLINE MARKETING

To call or not to call
IT IS not easy to get consumers to unite. Non-violent boycotts and protests are few and far between when it comes to consumer products. Even when there is a group of activists not afraid to tear down posters or resort ... More

LETTERS

Insurance sector

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