OPINION
FOREIGN RELATIONS
A Beijing-Delhi-Moscow axis?
IN THE post-Cold War world, the rule governing the flow of long-term international relations appears to be one where politics follows economics. In the earlier dispensation, when the world was riven by the struggle ...
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EDITORIAL
Market on mid-cap high
AS THE STOCK market reaches new highs, investors have reason to look ahead at 2005 with optimism and relief especially after the knock they took this May, post the election verdict. As last year, mid-cap stocks are primarily driving the ongoing ...
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AUTOMOBILES
Blending diesel benefits into petrol performance
UNDERSTANDABLY, diesel (compression ignition, or CI) engines have gained significant and well-deserved attention for their superior and efficient performance at all speeds and loads, and their potential for reduced ...
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ECONOMY
Report on Trend and Progress of Banking 2003-04 — Enhanced credit for infrastructure vital
THE latest report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India for 2003-04 follows the lines of its predecessors in presenting a workmanlike account of the health of the banking industry and its prospects. It tells, of ...
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Weak dollar serves the world right
If American demand can be supported only by a weaker dollar, the rest of the world has no option but to play along, until the costs of that policy become intolerable. Growth has halted in Europe and in Japan. Hence, a dearer currency is acceptable if it keeps demand in the only export market in the world alive. Thus, the world has to `want' a weaker dollar now, says V. Anantha Nageswaran.
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MUTUAL FUNDS
The importance of asset allocation
AT "Funds World India 2004," a conference on mutual funds and alternative investment, fund houses blamed the high coupon rate on government relief bonds for the lack of investor interest in equity funds. The asset size ...
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SECURITY
CIA in turmoil
THE Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US, famed as well as feared all over the world for its mastery over an incredible variety of techniques of espionage and subversion, its superbly trained, tightly knit and ...
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LETTERS
Steel price regulation
Levy on goods
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