The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 10, 2006

OFFHAND
Top-level conflicts
It is nothing unusual for people in organisations falling out on matters of principle, conviction or approach. There is no field of human endeavour without its share of hawks and doves. In day-to-day ... More

REFLECTIONS
At the end of morning walks...
The morning walks have given me Desai, who still ends his morning appearance on the roads puffing a cigarette at the tea shop, and, of course, there is my good friend Lachman Singh, now 80 years old. More

WIDE CANVAS
Not the end of reforms
Given the numbers in the Lok Sabha, there is no other option for the Government than to make twists and turns in policy within the general reform format if it is to remain in office. More

ON THE MOVE
Shippers pitch for better liner regulation
Sans protection, shippers claim victimisation by the monopolistic practices of liner conferences. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Sensex may test support levels
Market players may tend to recoil amid increasing confusion More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Check cost of funds too
Cost of investing in equity funds in US declines for 3rd consecutive year More

VISION 2020
A Swiss model to make the hills come alive
Describing the integrationist approach used by the Swiss in developing their hill regions, P. V. INDIRESAN points out how a simple six-point programme, infused with a commitment to the best quality, can jump-start services to at least the more access ible part of the hill population in India. More

SAY CHEEK
Causes `at best dubious' and `positively dangerous'
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers," is a line from King Henry VI. But, please don't. For, here they are, the whole clan, captured in the pages of Advocates by David Pannick, from Oxford (More

CHAT
Is the market looking for excuses to crash?
Jogin was studying about Renault-Nissan boss Carlos `the cost killer' Ghosn, who is said to have increased the value of his company by $10 billion. Dakshinamoorthy was analysing the impact of the latest tobacco ruling in the US. Sridevi was ... More

JOTTINGS
Vanishing advantage
Foreign media and financial analysts usually speak of two great advantages for India in the world economy: the vast pool of science and technology graduates and the millions who can wield the English language. ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Projecting inconvenient eco-truths
The former US Vice-President, Mr Al Gore, has turned environment evangelist. For some years now, he has been touring the world with a slick media presentation about the damage man is causing the environment. Mr Gore says that his objective is to cr eate awareness and to encourage us to do something about it. More

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Top Stories
Shippers pitch for better liner regulation

Mobile entertainment set to hit $5-b mark

Bonds continue to slide

Division of lots must go, says tea trade

Fundamentals loaded in favour of higher crude prices

Sical Logistics combine gets LI for iron ore terminal project

Investment panel moots automatic route

Sensex may test support levels

Check cost of funds too

Looking back
Jul. 2-Jul. 8
Is Railway freight really south bound?

US growth: Upside surprise in store?

Bellwether indices continue to move within narrow range

Sensex flares up on strong buying in frontline stocks

Mixed global trend pulls down indices

Profit booking leaves a weak note