The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 25, 2005

The retail wave
A COMBINATION OF factors seem to have triggered a wholesale capacity expansion by the organised retail industry in the country. The stock market has also developed a fancy for stocks of companies engaged in retail trade; these shares are ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Spectre of no free frequency in spectrum
Spectrum is a band of colours, a definition that we remember from our school days. But did you know that the word was used to denote what is now called a spectre or a phantom? More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Emulate the US!
THE US is no less a democracy than India, right? Conceivably, its claims to being a long-standing and successfully functioning democracy may even be superior, yes? Then why not borrow the best practices in nurturing ... More

BRANDS

Brand valuation is guff
Brands are merely a class of assets. The other corporate assets of greater significance are leadership, research and proprietary knowledge, and training and motivation of employees. Many assets have to act in unison to produce value. Computation of b rand values naively negates the very purpose that brands serve. Brands will defy any attempts aimed at valuing them. That is what makes brands mystical, say G. Ramachandran and R. Vijay Shankar. More

LETTERS

Disparity in airfares

EPF concerns

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