The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 30, 2006

Saudi Arabia looks ahead
The Saudis have for long had a special relationship with the US. But that equation is about to undergo an alteration with China and India becoming the focal points of Riyadh's economic and political diplomacy. Why is this change being effected at thi s juncture? More

EDITORIAL

Innovative instruments
FACED WITH THE constraint of retaining Government stake in public sector banks at 51 per cent to comply with the higher capital adequacy requirements under Basel II norms, the Reserve Bank of India has now allowed banks to raise capital through ... More

POLITICS

Political ingenuity
HOW can a country which gave zero to humankind be allowed to lag behind in political innovations? Indeed, politics in India has (or `have' as per old style of writing) been characterised by stunning ingenuity and sparkling originality. I am ... More

CREDIT POLICY

Governor's survey of macroeconomy — India must be on guard
The markets have taken in their stride the Credit Policy, which has been a non-event insofar as the economy is concerned, and corporates are not yet losing sleep over the tightening of the rates of interest, indicated by the reverse repo rate increas e. S. Venkitaramanan examines the general contours of the policy, and the exhaustive survey of the economy that accompanied it. More

MANAGEMENT

Managing in real life
THE textbooks say that managing is a logical and systematic process and involves planning, controlling, forecasting, scheduling and so on. In practice, however, as Prof. Henry Mintzberg has long pointed out, the ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

The value of experience
I WAS recently in Kodaikanal to organise a workshop. After the workshop, as I got into the car on my to Madurai, I was shocked to see that my driver looked all of 16! I asked him how old he was and if he had a licence. ... More

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Bribe tax

Reserve management

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