OPINION
INVESTMENTS
Equity-linked annuities for pension investors
IF MEDIA reports are to be believed, professional money managers may be able to manage pension funds by end 2005. The Government is likely to have three types of plans to suit investors' risk appetite. The most ...
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EDITORIAL
Be a sport, don't tax
THE SUGGESTION FROM the income-tax department that the tax-exempt status to the Board of Control for Cricket in India be withdrawn is interesting. BCCI's tax status has been somewhat clouded ever since the Government withdrew two years ago the ...
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CORPORATE
Management by prioritising
THE bad news is time flies; the good news is you are the pilot. You cannot say you do not have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours every day that were available to Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and ...
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ECONOMY
Half-yearly review of Central finances — Putting fiscal rectitude in perspective
ONCE every month, the Finance Ministry issues a useful review of the state of Central public finance and the economy. The latest review for October 2004 covers the half-year April 1, 2004 to September 30. In respect ...
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PETROLEUM
Oil-rich, corruption-riven
The TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2004, which ranks countries by perceived corruption, terms oil-rich Angola, Azerbaijan, Chad, Ecuador, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Nigeria, Russia, Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen the most corrupt nations.
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POLITICS
A reality check on perceptions
A WRITER, Ron Suskind, wrote about a conversation he had with an unnamed advisor to the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in an article published in The New York Times on October, 17. The advisor was ...
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Wanted: Cool heads
THOSE who are trying to blow up the arrest of the head of the Kanchi Sankara Mutt by the Tamil Nadu Police on a murder charge as an attack on Hinduism and indulging in the use of vilificatory language and even acts of ...
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EDUCATION
Investing in scholarships
Even as there is talk of reservations in the private sector, corporates should organise, collectively, a nationwide scholarship programme for talented poor children, as woefully poor-quality education lies behind the demand for reservation. The schol arships, says P. V. Indiresan, will be a sound investment, as they will also be an insurance against the government forcing private firms to employ unqualified persons purely on considerations of caste politics.
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LETTERS
Alternative fuels
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