The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 17, 2005

Give full freedom
THE PRIME MINISTER, Dr Manmohan Singh's recent announcement that foreign investors would no longer have to secure the approval of their domestic joint venture partner for making fresh investments brings to an end one of the worst features of ... More

INSIGHT

Poetry and business
WE have seen a lot of incongruous stuff associated with business: Equity, environment, social responsibility and even ethics! But poetry? We had, of course, long ago a banker, T. S. Eliot, who did stray into poetry ... More

BUDGET

The fine art of Budget-making
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had to do a hurried job of presenting this year's Budget on July 8, 2004, as he was called on to do so within a short period of his assuming office as Finance Minister. ... More

CORPORATE

Indian corporate finance deals — International private equity investors dominate
THE YEAR 2004 belonged to the private equity investor. Even as valuations soared and the Indian stock market reached record highs, private equity investors recovered from the shock of seeing the Left wing political ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Minor variations, no real mutual benefits
THE number of equity funds in the country has risen handsomely in 2004-05. As of December 2004, the industry managed 140 schemes with an asset size of about Rs 31,500 crore. That is up from 128 schemes managed in April ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS

What kind of a central banker do we need?
Examining the issues involved in a central banker's attitude towards risk and experimentation and whether there is a case for more experimentation in a developing, than in a developed, country, V. Anantha Nageswaran concludes that there can be no final answers to these issues. Indeed, the conclusion is that the answer is context-specific. More

INTERVIEW

To take on competition, Air India must expand — Mr V. Thulasidas, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India
In a market that is set to witness a lot of action in the low-cost segment, Air-India is preparing its own no-frills airline, Air-India Express. At the same time, it is in the midst of finalising a shopping-list of wide-body aircraft to expand ... More

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