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OFFHAND
Blazing a new trail
How forceful and committed leadership can, even within existing systemic and procedural obstructions, propel an institution in path-breaking directions has been amply demonstrated by the dynamic and innovative ...
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ON THE MOVE
Tanker newbuilding goes full steam ahead
Crude oil prices are soaring and the prices of new-building tankers used for transportation of oil too have skyrocketed in past few years. Yet, there is no let up in shipping lines, including those carrying Indian flag, queuing up for acquiring ...
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Market may struggle to maintain intermediate recovery
Because of low participation, Sunday's one-hour trading could not throw up any fresh indicative trend for this week. However, it did not disturb the broad valuation mode that was set during the last week. But a swing of about 125 points on the ...
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Morgan Stanley Growth Fund reveals `high level of fear'
Those who hold units of Morgan Stanley Growth Fund have by now seen its latest annual report and chances are that they have not missed the portfolio manager's letter included early on in the document. The letter will interest anyone who wants to ...
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VISION 2020
Getting India into innovative mode
If India is to innovate, the only way is to create competition for the IITs. As IITs are tightly controlled government monopolies, such competition has to come from outside — from private institutions free from the shackles of authority. Will I ndian business innovate to nurture innovative talent, asks P. V. INDIRESAN. Competition to the IITs should start with better admission procedures. Teachers, not institutions, should select students; certainly not the government.
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SAY CHEEK
Boiling frog syndrome, and bouncebackability of inflation
Stop lamenting about price rises. Because `the situation' is `not yet critical to threaten GDP projections' as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government assures. Meanwhile, `country outlook' on More
ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
Core banking is not a cure-all
Banks are spending crores on `core banking' solutions. CBS or Core Banking Solution (also called `systems') is promised as the integrator of `trade finance, treasury and ALM (asset liability management) applications enabling efficient funds ...
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RANDOM WALK
Predictable, but not gutsy
Politically predictable and fiscally prudent, the first budget of the LDF Government in Kerala seemed to sum up the dilemma of how to increase revenues while ensuring that the State's marginalised sections are protected.
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CHAT
Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste
Jogin was growing a kitchen garden to fight against rising prices. Dakshinamoorthy was calculating the probabilities for each World Cup hopeful. Sridevi was analysing the latest airline valuations... Till Khan messaged them all, "Chat call." ...
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JOTTINGS
The transparency paradox
John Champy, co-author of the 1990s buzzword `re-engineering', maintains that the most important difference to organisations arising from the information communication technology (ICT) revolution is a completely ...
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STICKLISH SINGLES
Sticklish singles
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Businesses in a merger need to make sense together
A full-page advertisement, in the form of an article, in a newspaper gave a lot of good advice about mergers. Accenture, the international consulting company, was offering to help you manage a corporate merger effectively. There can never be too ...
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