The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 25, 2006

OFFHAND
Should colour of money matter?
Policy-makers of India should study the Chinese model to see whether it could bring a substantial part of the unaccounted money into productive channels. More

WIDE CANVAS
Conserving Kolkata's heritage
On one of the numerous bandh days which this city (Kolkata) has had in the recent past, this correspondent took a short walk in the Dalhousie Square (now BBD Bagh) area and its neighbourhood in the winter sun, camera in hand to take shots of ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Holiday mood may keep market range-bound
However, intra-day volatility is likely to continue More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Fund managers betting on stock-specific action in 2007
Volatile condition towards year-end causes some anxious moments More

VISION 2020
There Is Always An Alternative
India's academics should overcome the `There Is No Alternative' psyche and realise that problems, however complex, can be subdivided into binary choices. This, they well know, is what all digital computation is about but appear reluctant to use to s olve the problem of quotas, says P. V. INDIRESAN. More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
Boardroom power plays
Corporate governance is the theme of many a conference and seminar. Yet, a common perception may be that good corporate governance is more an exception than a rule. Which, perhaps, explains why the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) ... More

CHAT
How now, how now, chop-logic!
Hot on Khan's radar was Hutch, while Jogin was plotting the spread between lending and borrowing rates of banks. And Dakshinamoorthy was trying to decipher Soros' statements till an SMS from Sridevi beeped in to say, `Stock talk.' ... More

JOTTINGS
Crisis in higher education
Amidst euphoria about the economy, the stock market and industrial growth, this year-end story strikes a discordant note. After months of working with developers in Bangalore a US-based software executive is ready to bolt for greener pastures, ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Nothing conventional about globalisation
As society seeks to choose how it will engage with external trends, it cannot, for very long, hold back those changes that have become inevitable without raising the walls of inefficiency. More

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