The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 20, 2005

A walk down Marine Drive
Jawaharlal Nehru, looking smart in jeans and T-shirt, joined Gandhiji and JRD, on a long walk down Marine Drive, which was empty. A quarrel broke out between JRD and Jawahar over the July 26 rains. More

DETAXFICATION

When tissue was the issue
THE issue before the apex court in a recently decided excise case was tissue, and the company in focus was S. R. Tissues P Ltd. "If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue," said James McBride, but that's a ... More

VIEW POINT

A matter of credibility
ON THURSDAY, the US Ambassador, Mr David Mulford, told an audience in Kolkata that "Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee should serve as a role model for other Left leaders on how to attract investments." In particular, he felt ... More

E-DIMENSION

Protection of IPRs — No guarantee for sustainable development
Quoting instances from Philippe Cullet's Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development, D. Murali explains why it is essential for developing countries to protect traditional knowledge through legal means "in a world wher e everything is increasingly being commodified". More

ON MINT STREET

Economy can absorb petro-price shock
"THE prospects for the Indian economy remain encouraging," says a study by the Corporate Studies Division of the Department of Statistical Analysis and Computer Services of the RBI. But the study published in the RBI Bulletin (August 2005) ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Patel On-Board: Merger talk drives them
RUMOURS are on the move that Patel On-Board, which is in courier service business, is being proposed to be merged with its group company Patel Roadways. There is no word from both the listed companies yet. According to market sources, both ... More

SENSOR

Small cap stocks shine on day of negative sentiment
CONCERNS on rising crude prices and falling Asian markets appear to have caused the negative sentiment that took control of the markets in the later part of the day. The negative sentiment was subdued with a majority of the sector-oriented ... More

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