The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 19, 2005

Project Siksha
THE Project Siksha jointly launched on December 9 by the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Microsoft Corporation with the laudable objective of making school teachers throughout the State technology-savvy is a momentous step in the direction of ... More

WIDE CANVAS

Doha and `development focus'
The weak, weaker and the weakest nations must get some special treatment so as to be able to catch up with the rest of the world. This is the basis of the approach of the multilateral trade negotiations where the developed economies are expected to make sacrifices vis-à-vis their immediate economic interests for the longer-term greater good of the international trading environment. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Another buoyant week likely
DALAL Street garnered enough liquidity last week to raise the benchmark indices. This week, local equities are likely to end on a buoyant note, as the market makers appear determined to keep the Sensex flag flying. According to market ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

During Ravi Mehrotra's era
THE idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea" - Sir John Templeton (source: www.templetonpress.org) The news that Mr Ravi ... More

ADR WATCH

Infy, Satyam, banking counters shine
WITH US Federal Reserve giving an indication that it will soon stop raising interest rates, US equities resumed its fourth-quarter rally; the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.9 per cent to 10,876.15 and the S&P's 500 increased 0.6 per cent to More

CHAT

Muster your wits, stand in your own defence
Khan tried analysing the modus operandi of the latest IPO scam, Dakshinamoorthy put in efforts to decipher WTO-speak, and Sridevi shed a silent tear for the victims of the unfortunate stampede down South. It was Jogin who stopped watching cricket ... More

EUROSCAPE

Norway's economy — On top of the world and looking...
FOLDS upon folds of translucent purplish-green cut wide arcs across the sky. Then, suddenly, the entire dome of blue exploded into an amazing riot of colour — red, green, blue, purple, yellow and white that lit up ... More

JOTTINGS

Making CSR work
THE subject of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is moving to the mainstream of managerial discussion. A recent CII summit exclusively devoted to the theme was evidence of this. Long before governance became a core ... More

PEOPLE WISE

Should you do that survey?
"YOUR opinion counts," cries the announcement about the next version of the employee survey launched by the organisation. The employee reads it and smiles. In his mind, he sees it as yet another "tick in ... More

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