The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 29, 2003

Lunging Lyngdoh
APPARENTLY, the privileges and immunities of his post have gone to the head of the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr J. M. Lyngdoh, to an extent that he considers moderation an over-rated virtue. From the safe sanctuary ... More

WIDE CANVAS

Footprints beyond 2003
2003 might seem to have been a fairly humdrum year as far as India is concerned. But has it really been all that uneventful? Has nothing really happened during the year which will leave an imprint on 2004 and beyond? More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

P-factor holds sway in market moves
Over the past 12 months, the market has witnessed economic fundamentals take the centre stage in the political discourse overcoming other compulsions. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

UTI Mutual Fund should take up investor education
THIS looks like a year of reckoning for UTI Mutual Fund, the country's largest investment management outfit. It did some stocktaking last week and allowed the market to take a look at what it is likely to offer in 2004. Big things had been ... More

VISION 2020

Job creation: Not just an economic problem
Even as jobs have to be created to accommodate India's ever-increasing population, technology developments are destroying existing ones. The issue, therefore, is not merely adding enough jobs but also creating replacements for those lost. As the obst acles to employment growth are numerous, says P. V. Indiresan, the remedy also has to be many-sided. More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Don't we need a broader definition of IT?
THERE used to be a time when the computer guys and gals were the high priests in organisations. They were the know-alls and do-alls. For almost any problem, they had a solution, or so it seemed, and work, it did. For them, information technology ... More

RANDOM WALK

Libraries, strikes, women
LAST week, two happenings in Kochi sought to swing the spotlight on to certain striking aspects of Kerala that remain defining characteristics of the State, despite all these years of development, change, market forces and globalisation. The ... More

MARK TO MARKET

MFs must discourage short-term investments
MARKET timing is an important factor that determines short-term returns in direct investing. Institutional investors and high net worth individuals (HNIs) extend this strategy to mutual fund investments as well. Such ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE

Shareholders: Owners or speculators?
EVERY time, I take my ten-year old car to my mechanic to fix a problem, he will preface his diagnosis with a question, ``How long do you plan to keep this car?'' His logic is as follows: If I plan to keep it for a long ... More

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