The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 16, 2007

WHEAT
Wheat: Sowing trouble
Mandarins in New Delhi seem never willing to learn. Food-price-related inflation is going through the roof. The poor are groaning, never mind if more Indians have entered the Forbes list of billionaires. Last week, the Empowered Group of ... More

EDITORIAL
Bottle battles
Given India's potential, US/EU wine exporters will spare no effort to prise open the protected market.. More

ECONOMY
Budget: Not in sync with times
Pointless and reform-hurting tinkering with tax rates and a lack of appreciation of the importance of manufacturing are illogical aspects of the Budget. While rejuvenating agriculture is urgent, no transformation of the sector is possible without rap id growth of industry. And the Budget contains no measures to unleash the market forces that assure the farmer a better price for his produce, says S. D. NAIK. More

BANKING
Bank reality-check — Consolidate or perish
Indian banks have to take the merger route to face the global competition; but the process needs proper homework and planning to avoid the roadblocks and pitfalls. More

CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS
Some relief on the card
The ambit of protection for a customer ranges from receiving unsolicited telephone calls for marketing of products to use of coercion and threat by credit-card issuers or their agents to collect debts/dues. More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Participatory Notes — When will we cleanse the system?
The recent Pune hawala racket has brought Participatory Notes sharply into focus. More

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Basel II fallout

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