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WIDE CANVAS
Aspects of the 123 accord
On a quick reading, the “Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy” (known as the 123 Agreement) — slated to be in ...
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ON THE MOVE
Winds of change blowing for liner shipping?
The office of the Director-General of Shipping is to shortly hold a meeting with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to discuss the issue of anti-trust immunity currently being enjoyed by the liner shipping. The other stakeholders, such ...
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Sub-prime lending crisis keeps every one on tenterhooks
Indian markets just begun to feel the indirect effect
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
‘New schemes chart MFs sales growth’
Existing ones redemptions marginally higher than sales: Fidelity
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ADR WATCH
Upheaval spares none
According to Bloomberg, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index saw its steepest three-week decline since 2003, on deepening concern that mortgage losses will hurt bank earnings and reduce the pace of takeovers.For the week, the ...
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VISION 2020
SEZs – dream or nightmare?
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SAY CHEEK
How good are you as a liar?
What does your date of birth say about you? How to detect a fake smile? When do you begin believing in superstitions? To find answers to these and more questions Richard Wiseman delves into scientific experiments that are usually ...
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RANDOM WALK
Remaining poor in Kerala
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CHAT
Correction and instruction must both work
Jogin was reading about Murdoch, Mississippi, and mortgages. Sridevi was studying cases of offbeat diversification, such as a steel company getting into aviation, and a petrochemical player entering chip making. And Dakshinamoorthy was surfing ...
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JOTTINGS
Leadership lessons from ‘Dear Bapu’
This is not a play review, although I have been prompted to write this, after an exceptional evening of theatre. ‘Dear Bapu’ is a dramatised version of the correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohandas Gandhi, over 30 years. ...
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Capital punishment for corruption?
Several newspapers reported in July that China executed Zheng Xizoyu, the former head of its State Food and Drug Administration. He had been found guilty, just two months earlier, of corruption. He was found to have received $850,000 (Rs 3.4 ...
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