COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Cluster dynamics
CLUSTERS of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) have become the focus of attention of institutions such as the World Bank and the UN International Development Organisation (Unido) for their ability to contribute ...
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ON THE MOVE
Private terminal operators — Demand for course correction
A large number of shippers have urged the Shipping Ministry to consider the various issues before firming up the policy framework for the private terminal operators at major ports.
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Benchmarks may climb the rough path
LAST week, we indicated in these columns that Friday might suggest beginning of a bounce back in a bearish market with slight increase in trading volumes, and also talked about a possible increase in interest in IT and telecom stocks. The ...
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Longer term - the best bet on equities
IT is not easy to find loyalty in the quirky world of mutual funds. Investors, driven by sentiments that are often extremely short-term in nature, are rarely loyal to the funds in which they have invested. They are essentially restless and ...
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ADR WATCH
IT, telecommunication counters sparkle
THE US markets were mixed last week ahead of this week's crucial Federal Reserve meeting. While the Dow average declined 0.4 per cent to 10,371.84 and the S&P-500 slipped 0.1 per cent to 1134.43, the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index jumped two
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VISION 2020
Rural development, a new framework
Proposing a seven-part plan that involves no subsidies, but only a re-allocation of existing budget, P. V. Indiresan outlines how rural blocks can become competitive and efficient to attract private business and investment. Local administrati ons can build permanent infrastructure that will create new jobs, directly and indirectly. Then, no family need be destitute.
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MARK TO MARKET
For inflation-adjusted FDs
INVESTORS are likely to take higher exposure in fixed-income investments what with stock prices declining sharply in recent times. But fixed-income investments run a high inflation risk because of cost-push factors. That inflation can hurt ...
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Economics of privatising a war
When the government finds outside contractors who can do the job more efficiently, and at a lower cost, privatising is a sensible option.
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