The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 19, 2007

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COLUMNS

OFFHAND
A crime that beggars description
A terrifying tragedy brought a load of shame that the State will take long to live down. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Toss-up between inflation, pre-Budget hopes for investors
Stronger crude prices may put pressure on OMCs More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Small, mid-cap funds - heading for big space?
Last year saw quite a few funds focusing on this segment stocks More

ADR WATCH
VSNL slumps 12%; Wipro major gainer
Mixed trend for Indian counters More

VISION 2020
Selective taxation to curb inflation
Inflation will be cured only when the management of the economy is improved by liberalising education, real-estate and agriculture, says P. V. INDIRESAN, suggesting two immediate palliatives — a tax on the increase in disposable income over the previous year; and on construction on land whose value exceeds, say, Rs 1,000 a square yard. More

RANDOM WALK
Still educating Kerala
As long as the State can hold on to its standards in primary education and continue to push for universal primary education for its citizens, Kerala can hope to further solidify its firmaments for a sound developmental future. More

CHAT
Are markets on course for a fresh upward journey?
Jogin was brooding over Volcker's statement about India's inflation. Sridevi was trying to assess the impact of the latest finding about Bt cotton. And Dakshinamoorthy was searching the Net for info about Chinese mobile phones... Till Khan ... More

JOTTINGS
Backlash of globalisation?
Mention of the word Sweden to any of us probably brings to mind a collage of stunning blondes, amazingly athletic, record-breaking tennis players, long dark winters, and a very liberated sex life. A forwarded ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Shock marketing backfires, or does it?
Though a guerrilla marketing attempt by a company was mistaken for terrorism in Boston, with its own consequences, the jury is still out on whether the company was hurt. More

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