The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 05, 2007

FOREIGN RELATIONS
Indo-German relations move into high gear
German firms are keen on a share of the over 350 billion euros that India plans to invest in infrastructure and other projects in the next five years. Investors from around the world, including Germany, obviously want a piece of the action. More

OUTSOURCING
PERSPECTIVE
Outsourcing strategy
Outsourcing is a familiar concept to the business world. Since it has gained immense popularity in recent times, it is tempting to think of it as new. It is another form of what economists have always addressed as specialisation, which has been ... More

EDITORIAL
Export sobs and sops
With various factors creating a churn in the export basket, the Government should pause before blindly extending sops to the cribbers. More

POLITICS
All eyes on Asia’s sick man
So, Pakistan is in for turmoil brought on by the declaration of Emergency and promulgation of the Provisional Constitutional Order by President Pervez Musharraf on November 3. The whole world — and that must include the ... More

The primacy of politics
Fresh polls on the cards? The litmus test of the Government’s intentions in this regard will be its response to the sharp spurt in the world oil price. More

MANAGEMENT
Office buildings — New and big need not be the best
At a time when everyone believes that new and big is a sure insurance against employee disenchantment, here is a reality check. More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS
Central bankers are fallible
A debate is on whether central bankers may have themselves been responsible for the problems that led to the sub-prime mess in the first instance and whether their subsequent actions are over-compensating. Be that as it may, the debacle has hopefully been a testing ground from which the world’s central bankers have emerged stronger, says S. VENKITARAMANAN. More

LETTERS

Banks’ profitability

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