COLUMNS
OFFHAND
IMF pats States on the back
The weakest link in the chain of India’s fiscal management has been the State governments. The six years from 1997–98 to 2002–03 have been described as the worst in the history of State finances. Unlike in the case of the ...
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WIDE CANVAS
An issue of leadership
The latest report of Transparency International has declared — based on its own statistical findings — that India is not among the “truly corrupt” nations of the world, the country taking that unenviable top slot being ...
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ON THE MOVE
Are bigger box-ships better?
With mega ships come a slew of problems for those concerned
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Political risk still looms large
News developments to dictate directions
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
‘Large-cap stocks are more popular with fund managers’
Reliance is most preferred company: ICICI Bank study
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ADR WATCH
Most counters end lower
Patni, Sterlite Industries star performers
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SAY CHEEK
Learn how to communicate with blind people
Business people say too much irrelevant stuff: all the time, every day, to every type of person. “When you speak like this, it’s very much like filling a bucket with jelly, and flinging it at the other person, hoping some of it ...
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CHAT
Game’s afoot with greyhounds in the slips
Khan was busy decoding some of complex securitisation strategies companies engage in. Jogin was trying to distract himself from the gory visuals on the TV about the recent bomb blasts in Hyderabad. And Dakshinamoorthy was lining up a bunch of ...
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EUROSCAPE
Waste management — A question of mind over matter
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JOTTINGS
The well-read manager
I had offered some thoughts elsewhere in this newspaper last week on the fundamentals of writing of the kind managers deal with everyday. A keen teacher-friend asked me if I had anything similar to say on the reading habit, since managers in ...
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PEOPLE WISE
Unions among knowledge workers — Five routes open to organisations
The coming days will require leaders to push the agenda of cost, efficiency, productivity and all other aspects of performance much harder.
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