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Bombastic jamboree
THE UN, never at its wits' end in organising jamborees or dipping into its scant budget for chasing wild geese, went to great lengths on December 10-12 to provide a retreat at Geneva for the governments of 175 countries ... More

ON THE MOVE


Sales tax shock for SCI
The taxman's sudden notice to SCI to shell out sales tax from ship charter payments was as unexpected as it was `well-timed' by the ST Department. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW


Markets to remain stable
Technically speaking, so far in the daily charts during the current rally, the Sensex consistently showed a number of multi-day corrections in the range of 6 to 8 per cent and avoided a deep correction. Any bigger correction is unlikely this week. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


Asset base swells in November
THAT the country's mutual fund industry is growing at a healthy pace is clear from the latest data presented by the Association of Mutual Funds in India. The last count (as on November 30) indicates that the total assets under management have ... More

ADR WATCH


Satyam replaces Infy on premium front
IT was one of the excellent weeks for the Indian counters at the US markets, which rallied strongly to move past the crucial 10,000-mark (first time in the last 18 months) on hopes that corporates will report better Q4 performances. Indian ... More

VISION 2020


Fast running out of jobs
Unemployment is growing, and economic theory has no clear answer to the problem. It is not merely the unemployed who suffer, the nation loses because it does not get what the unemployed could have produced. Its socio-economic impact is considerable, says P. V. Indiresan, offering certain remedies, looking at the conventional solutions. More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED


How ears end up getting victimised all the time
DADAR-Chennai Express touches Pune past midnight and, in most coaches, people who boarded the train in Mumbai are already fast asleep. It takes a few minutes for the new passengers to settle down with their baggage and wait for the ticket ... More

RANDOM WALK


The long wait for Vallarpadam
LAST week, the Union Shipping Secretary, Mr D.T. Joseph, told reporters at Kochi that the Centre is keen to push through the Vallarpadam international container transshipment project quickly, a message that, he claimed, had been clearly conveyed ... More

MARK TO MARKET


The importance of tactical asset allocation
IN RECENT times, many fund houses have filed offer documents with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to launch Monthly Income Plans (MIPs). Such funds invest a substantial proportion of their portfolio in bonds, ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE


Nepotism isn't good, is it?
ROY Disney wanted his son, Roy Patrick, to be appointed a Director of Walt Disney Co. a couple of years ago. Roy, whose father was a co-founder of the company along with his brother Walt, was himself a Director and ... More
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Coastal movement of POL products — Oil cos' proposal to water down cost

Drinking water for all — A mission that needs vision

In Focus
Steel Industry in 2003
Outsourcing backlash
Stamp paper scam
Housing finance scenario
Insurance Round-up — 2003
Organic farming
The Cable tangle
Telecom Competition
Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma
Rising intolerance
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Vaishnavaite Temples in Tamil Nadu
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Saivite Temples in Tamil Nadu
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In Depth
Insurance Corner
Swati CA
Simple Economics
Slowburn
Tax Talk
NRIs & Investment Avenues
Iraq Diary

Looking back
Dec. 7-Dec. 13
Further correction likely on profit-taking

100 years of civil aviation — Flying but not cruising along

Flat end to a choppy trading day

Is obesity tax a healthy option?

Bulls charge up for third consecutive day


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