The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 09, 2005

Russian overture
THE "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" between India and Russia is based wholly on the ties that blossomed during the Cold War, when the Kremlin responded to New Delhi's overtures to further its larger geo-political interests. That setting has changed today, ... More

ECONOMY

Inflation targeting
INFLATION targeting is fast emerging an useful strategic tool for predictable economic management. The way it is designed to work is for the central bank and the government to arrive at official target ranges of numerically specified inflation ... More

WTO

Hong Kong Ministerial: Much ado about something
THE Ministerial meeting of the 149 countries of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) will take place in Hong Kong (HK) a weekfrom now. The meeting has been in the news for reasons varying from defeated expectation to ... More

Bitter medicine beneath the sugar-coated diplomacy
FRESH on the home-page of the WTO (www.wto.org) is the December 6 decision on changes to the WTO Agreement on TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). It informs that cheaper generic ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS

Getting out of the Greenspan groove — Winds of change at the Fed
For a person who comes through, in his speeches and writings, as a person with a mind of his own, the new US Federal Reserve chief-designate, Dr Ben Bernanke, is unlikely to tamely toe the line of his illustrious predecessor, Mr Alan Greenspan. He ca n be expected to take a firm hold of the organisation, especially when he thinks he has alternative approaches better suited to the current economic scenario, says B. S. Raghavan. More

RAILWAYS

Indian, Chinese Railways: On parallel tracks
THOUGH reform measures in China and India are not always comparable, there are many similarities and differences, especially when it comes to monolithic, government-run organisations. The contrasts were evident at the World Bank conference. The ... More

LETTERS

IA's name change

Tax issues

Bihar elections

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BMW looking to source components from India — Signs pact with TN for CKD plant

Contamination of cotton falling, says survey

India attracts investment commitment of over $8 b from global IT, telecom majors

China's auto sector set to enter critical phase

Advanced degree H-1B visas likely to dry up soon

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