The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 17, 2007

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dialling TRAI with a wish-list
TRAI has done good work in spreading the telecom revolution in the country. But it can make things even better for the customer. More

BANKING
It may really pay to `Know your Bank' better
Know Your Customer is the mantra banks are chanting, but what of the ways of the banks? Does the average customer know the intricacies of banking operations? Banking has gone hi-tech, but that has not made bank operations transparent. Indeed, ... More

STOCK MARKETS
Keeping the market regulated and ticking
Securities markets have been around four centuries though in a formal structure for just about 70 years. A key to the growth of the market is regulation that has kept pace with the rapidly changing times. ... More

CREDIT MARKET
Lessons from the US sub-prime lending crisis
All eyes are directed at the US housing market afflicted with a meltdown in its sub-prime mortgage segment. With housing asset values having driven the US economy which, in turn, serves as locomotive for the rest of the world, fears are that this Ame rican disease could trigger a global epidemic of slowdown. The assumption is that the original problem is quintessentially American. If it is not, argue C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh, the US experience can have lessons for countri es such as India. More

BOOKS
India has a zero share in IFS
The report Mumbai: An International Financial Centre is positive that the metro can compete with Singapore and London. A paper in Financing Cities describes how land is a central asset in urban infrastructure. And while an essay in Local Governance i n India talks about people-centred development and the Mumbai experience, Voluntary City explores how community initiatives can restore the vitality of city life. More

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