The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 21, 2005

Laboured idea
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL to exempt certain classes of establishments, notably information technology enterprises, and certain common work routines from the purview of the contract labour law would make little sense from a tactical stand-point of ... More

ECONOMY

India, China and Asean — Competing, complementing, cooperating
Accounting for half the world's population but less than a tenth of global income, China, Asean and India are the emerging economic powerhouses. But India has a lot of catching up to do, both in matters economic and social. Mohan Guruswamy mak es a statistical analysis of the three regions. More

STOCK MARKETS

Black Monday revisited
The 1987 stock market crash was not followed by any Depression, as in 1929. That the market recovered quickly was attributed to the assurance of the Federal Reserve that it would stand by for any rescue act in case the payment mechanism broke down. More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

No sense of shame
AT LEAST about the weather, everyone talks about it though no one does anything about it. About corruption, which bids fair to become a shameless way of life, nobody finds any need even to talk about it, let alone do something about it. The ... More

LETTERS

Sensex closing figure
Recently, while tracking the closing Sensex figures on October 18, one found that the numbers telecast on two TV channels were incorrect. This inaccurate information may have would have misguided millions of investors, notwithstanding the ... More

Independent directors

Of misses and hits

Insurance staff transfers

BPO boom

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