The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 08, 2005

Crimes, chew'd, swallow'd and digested, appear before us
KING Lear says, "Tremble, thou wretch, that hast within thee undivulged crimes." In Hamlet, one comes across, "Feats, so crimeful and so capital in nature." And in King Richard II, the Bard writes about "These accusations and these ... More

REFLECTIONS

Roving over mundane matters
"INSIDE my office I believe in price indices like the consumer price index, wholesale price index and the rest put out by the Government. They mean nothing when I go to the market to buy vegetables. Outside my office prices rarely go down." That ... More

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

Audit routines, gas pipes, chickens and lawyers
"JUST as it is impossible not to taste honey or poison that one may find at the tip of one's tongue, so it is impossible for one dealing with government funds not to taste, at least a little bit, of the ... More

JOTTINGS

Management lessons from Dunlop
AN IMPORTANT object of this column is to draw, to the extent possible, generalisable managerial lessons from recent happenings in the business world. The recent collapse of the fortunes of General Motors was one such. The effort underway to ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Expansion plans to the fore
THE market buzz regarding Pearl Global is around its retail plan, which is in the making for some time. The market expects its retail plan may be announced in the near future. However, no official confirmation was available. The stock on ... More

SENSOR

FMCG active; splendid show by media stocks
THE markets made a smart recovery on Wednesday breaking their two-day losing streak. The BSE Sensex gained 0.9 per cent or 80.3 points to close at 8895.8 points. The S&P CNX Nifty appreciated 1.12 per cent or 31 points to close at 2,693. Leading More

Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in
Subscribe to: Business Line

`Software services to create product opportunities'

India could become a hub for vaccine production: PM

Shrimp exporters turn innovative; revamp biz

SBI upgrades plan to roll out ATMs — We expect explosive growth on this front: Purwar

Zee plans Hindi, Tamil, Bengali audio feeds for India-Sri Lanka matches

In Focus

FDI in retail sector

Indian Aviation: Sky is the limit

India Inc's bonus bonanza

Sethusamudram Canal Project

India Inc's overseas acquisition

In Depth

Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Tax Talk

Looking back
Nov. 27-Dec. 3
New offers galore

Time to take a leaf out of China's books