![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, November 14, 2005 |
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COLUMNS OFFHAND Peter Drucker PETER Drucker who, more than anyone else in the last century, revolutionised the thinking on, and approaches to, management both conceptually and with reference to the real world, is dead. The mark he left on every field of enterprise, ... More WIDE CANVAS The Volcker inquiry saga Irrespective of the findings of the probes into the Volcker committee, a lot of political mudslinging will take place on the issue of why the scope of the probe has been limited and why there will be no roving probe into the 125 Indian companies sing led out in the Volcker report for having transacted business through the oil-for-food programme by paying bribes to the Iraqi authorities. More A RINGSIDE VIEW Benchmarks may correct downwards A large section of investors are psychologically looking for a consolidation phase beyond 8000 points on the Sensex. More MUTUAL CONFIDENCE MFs' asset base moves up sharply ASSET sizes, like so many other things in life, change constantly in the world of mutual funds. Yesterday's laggards often become tomorrow's leaders, and the big boys of the moment may well turn into midgets in future. A look at the total ... More ADR WATCH Satyam, Sify sizzle FOR the third week in a row US stocks rose thanks to the weakening of oil prices. The S&P-500 Index jumped 1.2 per cent to 1234.72, the DJ Industrial 1.5 per cent to 10,686.04 and the Nasdaq went up by 1.5 per cent to 2202.47 But it was the ... More VISION 2020 For a win-win business plan Surely no business can substitute for what the state can do. But large businesses can act as catalysts for good governance. Because both the government and the political leadership have failed, it is incumbent on businesses to evolve better town plan ning, better promotion of equity, and better compensation package for farmers, says P. V. Indiresan. More ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED What can go wrong with dates? LET me clarify, this is not a primer on dating, though there are many things that can go wrong with dates, blind or otherwise. This is a story about a packet of seedless dates that I have been preserving for the last many weeks. Not because it ... More RANDOM WALK Make waves, but do it cautiously IT appears that God's Own Country is trying to be a bit more heavenly. As it seeks to constantly reinvent itself in the highly competitive world of global travel and tourism, Kerala is looking for new territory - this time, of a frothy nature. ... More CHAT It looks like that the worst is over Khan rummaged his shelf for Drucker's classics to read once again. Jogin charted the movement of gold prices. Sridevi made a list of business acquisitions during 2005. And Dakshinamoorthy pushed aside a comics book to remind the rest of the ... More JOTTINGS
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