COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Barnala I know
JUST because Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, in 1990, when he was the Governor of Tamil Nadu, refused to comply with the wishes of the then Prime Minister, Mr Chandra Sekhar, to send a report to the President against the DMK ...
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GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW
Economic consequence of Bush re-election
Despite the entreaties of the defeated candidate Senator John Kerry to the re-elected President, Mr George Bush, to heal the divide in the country, it is somewhat remote that divisions would be closed. The gulf on some of these issues is so wide that no middle ground is possible. That means America's formidable economic problems are more likely to be compounded than dissipated. And that means economic troubles for the world too, says V. Anantha Nageswaran.
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ON THE MOVE
Raising rail freight capacity — Looking beyond speed
THE Indian Railways is looking to expand transport capacity, if possible through techniques that need minimum investments. One option under consideration is increasing the maximum permissible speed limit of the freight ...
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Diwali week may see a boom
Historically speaking, the chances of trend reversal have been high in the circumstances.
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Vying for uniqueness!
THAT the world of mutual funds is getting bigger is common knowledge. Chances are you will now get lost in a maze of products, pushed by asset management companies that are becoming more aggressive by the day. The sheer variety of options ...
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PLANTATION PANORAMA
It's time to take tea lessons from Lanka
THE nine-member small-scale sector delegation sponsored by the Tea Board to Sri Lanka has returned with high hopes of mutual prosperity if India were to emulate a couple of practices prevalent there. "There are certainly a lesson or two for us ...
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ADR WATCH
Infosys falls on fresh issue plans
A COMBINATION of reports - President George W. Bush's election, fall in global oil prices and better-than-expected US job numbers - fuelled rally in the US markets. According to Bloomberg data, the S&P 500 rose for a ninth straight day ...
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ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
We may need fuel-for-work programmes soon
ABOUT a week ago, there was a heartening line in newspapers that there would be no hike in petrol, diesel prices for a fortnight. End of October was a Sunday, and Aiyar could not get "full opportunity to talk to everybody" about raising prices, ...
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RANDOM WALK
The castle riddle
THESE are politically difficult days for the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) Government led by Mr Oommen Chandy. Buffeted by scandals of all kinds, the UDF finds itself with little time or inclination to tackle the real problems of Kerala's ...
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MARK TO MARKET
Compensation, key to align manager-investor interest?
It appears that an employee-stock-option-like compensation structure would be an optimal choice.
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