The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 20, 2006

EMPLOYMENT
Nursing a dream
Hundreds of women from Kerala have emigrated all over the world to work as nurses. However, there is a darker side to this success story. More

EDITORIAL
Powering up India
In okaying the nuclear deal, is the US looking for a credible counter-weight to the prospect of China emerging a global power? More

FOREIGN TRADE
EU `support' should be tested
The recent visit by the EU Trade Commissioner, Mr Peter Mandelson, to Delhi promises to be successful considering all the talk about a regional trading arrangement between New Delhi and Brussels and the tons of mutual benefits that await the two ... More

LIFESTYLE
Love thy European neighbour
A brief rules of engagement with your neighbours should you end up living in Germany More

EDUCATION
Speeding up security clearances
The US Ambassador to India, Mr David Mulford, has publicly expressed concern over the `unwelcoming' attitude towards American Fulbright scholars wanting to do research on various projects in India, and towards ... More

HOUSING FINANCE
Blowing hot and cold
Why do the authorities swear by priority given to housing but impose restrictions that make loan-giving a difficult exercise? Is it a case of being politically correct but financially shy, asks S. VENKITARAMANAN, adding that banks will need massive i njections of equity if they are to have adequate capital to cover the additional credit expansion, which is vital for the economy to sustain its high-growth path. There is no point mourning the lack of GDP growth if credit is not adequately encour aged. More

ECONOMICS
Man can be irrational
Ever since the times of Adam Smith, economists have been explaining economic phenomena and propounding various theories, assuming, sometimes firmly believing, that `man is rational'. As time passed, both ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Trivialisation of employee engagement
There is more than enough empirical evidence to suggest that we live in a world filled with an increasing number of disengaged employees. More

PEOPLE
A return to freedom
The life of Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman of the world famous Chicago school, who died the other day at the ripe age of 94, was typical of the Great American Dream. Born to immigrant working class Jewish parents who fled Europe during the period ... More

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