The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 04, 2007

EDITORIAL
Discordant notes to the song
GDP variations presage shifts in the growth pattern that policymakers must heed while celebrating the growth run. More

ECONOMY
Farm reforms are the key
The key to the future of the Indian economy lies in its agriculture. While effective reforms in this sector will be the toughest to devise and implement, without such restructuring the spurt in the economy will be nothing more than ephemeral. More

Artfully choreographing the G-8
On the issue of climate change, it appears to me that Germany and the US are moving farther away, rather than closer to each other. More

POLITICS
Caught in a cleft stick
Medical researchers have found that there is nothing that happens in the human body that can be called sudden or unpredictable. Any event that is apparently sudden — a heart or brain attack, let us say — is preceded by signs of ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Organisations as wellsprings of talent
Industry can draw inspiration from companies that have created talent for all, rather than grabbing what was available. More

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
China's smart strategy of investing in US private equity
In what is seen as a master-stroke, China's new investment agency, set up to manage its forex reserves, is investing $3 billion into the US' largest private equity firm as a limited partner. S. VENKITARAMANAN explains how this addresses China's conc erns about investing its reserves proactively and also reduces the US' fears that China may entirely move out of the dollar. More

TRENDS
The quest for happiness
It is what we all seek, want and yet seldom know how to find. It is the ultimate goal of all humanity, according to the sages, ancient and modern. Happiness is now a formal subject of study, featured in a six-week documentary on BBC World that ... More

LETTERS

Pay disparities

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