The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 03, 2007

OFFHAND
Reality check on nuclear option
To the strong pitch the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has been making for the nuclear deal, the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, has added her own formidable voice. Writing in the party organ, Sandesh, she has ... More

IMPRESSIONS
Managing pessimism in the workplace
Notwithstanding the plethora of self-help books available in virtually in every Indian language and in English, a great deal of pessimism still prevails in a large number of organisations. This happens for several reasons. Those who have not ... More

WIDE CANVAS
Quest for ‘Big Power’ status
One of the tasks before the committee that will be set up between the Left and the Manmohan Singh Government to examine the 123 Agreement drawn up between Indian and the US is to study the implications of the accord for foreign policy and ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Market regains bulls’ confidence
But external factors could pose threat More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
How diversified is your fund?
Investors need to weigh all possibilities and make their choice judiciously More

VISION 2020
Do away with fair price shops
Open market competition has a power and efficiency that no administrative authority can emulate. Hence, replacing fair-price shops with competitive marketing will be advantageous, says P. V. INDIRESAN. More

SAY CHEEK
‘Carbon dictatorship’ may be essential for our survival
How to keep the Earth from heating up fast? Let’s form an Earth Commission for Thermostatic Control, suggests Tim Flannery in The Weather Makers ( www.penguin.com). We may need such an agency, ... More

CHAT
Chat
Jogin was studying his bike to catalogue the patents in it. Dakshinamoorthy was tabulating the performance of rated financial products in recent times. And Sridevi was analysing the funding of this year's M&As. Till Khan messaged them, `BB' - ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
A museum for colonisation
Zimbabwe’s economy is in bad shape with inflation of 3,700 per cent, non-existent human rights, and vast numbers migrating to neighbouring countries in search of food. But quite often, President Mugabe harks back to how the country, during ... More

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