The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 28, 2005

Sting journalism
THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE in demanding an explanation from a private TV channel for airing a programme featuring the sexual antics of a bunch of politicians is on predictable lines. Even if it contemplates any punitive action, it has first to go ... More

AGRICULTURE

Focus on agriculture in WTO
While the G-20 has made its stand clear on the importance of agriculture, crucial is the nature of the response by the US and the EU. The developed countries have been using every means at their disposal to drive as hard a bargain as possible with th e developing world on various issues. The commitment of the rich to the WTO regime itself is now under test, and the G-20 should use this opportunity to get its pound of flesh without making too many sacrifices elsewhere. More

ECONOMY

It is the beginning, not the end
Neither financial market conditions nor the strength in the real US economy gives any room to conclude that the Federal Reserve would pause in its tightening campaign and allow the bond market to recover. V. Anantha Nageswaran concludes that the climb-down from euphoria has just begun and for the 10-year Treasury Note Yield, and the climb-up is perhaps, at best, half-way through. More

EUROSCAPE
Germany: Caught in an economic gridlock
LAST week my flight to Moscow was delayed by three hours and as I walked into the Lufthansa Senator Lounge of Germany's Frankfurt International Airport, the news anchor on German ZDF TV announced with studied alarm ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Generating portable alpha through arb funds
JM Equity and Derivatives Fund is an arbitrage (arb) fund that generates profits from mispricing of assets in the spot and the futures market. This fund can help investors gain exposure to portable alpha. Such alpha ... More

TAXATION

VAT on mat
WITH barely three days to go to hit the deadline of April 1, 2005 fixed for introduction of VAT, many are still uncertain as to the exact nature of the beast. Although on record 21 States have decided to take the ... More

INCOME TAX

Moving quietly towards EET
WHILE the salaried middle-class is understandably elated over the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's largesse in direct taxes, many tax payers seem to have missed his real message — the country is moving ... More

PEOPLE

Mr Wolfowitz for World Bank: Scepticism overdone?
NO NOMINATION for the Presidency of the World Bank has excited so much controversy as President Bush's naming Paul Mr Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary, Department of Defence, for the post. Newspapers around the world ... More

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