The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 23, 2007

OFFHAND
Lessons from presidential poll
On July 25, Ms Pratibhja Patil will be sworn in as India’s first woman President — I wish I could say, Period! Cursorily glancing through the print media, and watching discussions in a couple of TV channels, I see they are ... More

WIDE CANVAS
Are the Ambanis affluent?
One wonders how Bill Gates or Warren Buffet would answer this question, not to mention our own Ratan Tata or Kumarmangalam Birla. One also wonders how the Chief Secretary of a State would view the subject, not to mention the CMD of a successful ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Short-term outlook appears quite buoyant
Market ready to progressively factor in dollar blues More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Search for assets may be unhealthy
Liquid funds: Asset size is relevant only for a few More

ADR WATCH
Infosys, Satyam shine in mixed week
The US markets and Indian markets witnessed divergent trend with the former tumbling amid mortgage losses and on weaker-than-expected performance from a few corporates. On the other hand, the Indian stock markets sizzled with foreign ... More

VISION 2020
Acquiring land for industrial projects
Distributive development is the key
Asking villages themselves to bid for supply of land to projects, broadcasting the bids, allowing revision of offers and then accepting the best combination of tracts on offer is an ideal way that will not only benefit everyone, but also minimise the problems arising from intra-village social cleavages, says P. V. INDIRESAN. More

CHAT
Correction and instruction must both work
Sridevi was planning a shuffle of her deposits, with the interest rate horizon looking bleak. Jogin was studying the hedging policies of companies. And Dakshinamoorthy was reading up a clutch of international accounting standards ahead of ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
US auto-makers floor the lobby pedal
The headline of a news report in The Wall Street Journal said, ‘Big three try to rev up weakened political clout’. Big Three? This was a meeting of the CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler with members of Congress about a move by the latter ... More

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