COLUMNS
OFFHAND
A Governor with a social conscience
The Governor of West Bengal, Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi, is in the thick of a controversy which had been building up for some time. In December 2006, when Ms Mamta Banerji of the Trinamool Congress was on a long fast over the acquisition of ...
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WIDE CANVAS
Future of Indo-Pak trade
As far as economic ties between India and Pakistan are concerned, the imposition of an emergency on Pakistan by General Pervez Musharraf is certain to have an impact. The question is: Will this impact help in forging better ties between ...
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ON THE MOVE
Unctad Report — Poor connectivity a drag on development
A recent Unctad report points out that the high transport costs caused by poor connectivity are more detrimental to a country’s development than ever before.
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Sentiment turns cautious
Domestic players may consider booking profits
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
3-year scorecard: Tax-saving schemes post 48% return
Birla Sun Life enters top-5 in asset under management rankings
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ADR WATCH
Steep decline for Indian counters; Infy hits 52-wk low
With the financial service majors – Citigroup, Morgan Stanley – disclosing huge losses on account of bad home loans, the US stocks tumbled to two-month low. According to Bloomberg, the S&P 500 retreated 3.7 per cent this week ...
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VISION 2020
Turn capital inflows into knowledge investment
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RANDOM WALK
Open learning
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CHAT
Wish we could say Saawariya of the Sensex!
Khan was revising his school lessons on spectrum. Sridevi was taking stock of Diwali biz. Dakshinamoorthy was studying the commodity trade numbers. All… till Jogin pressed the ‘chat’ buzzer. * * ...
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Paying the price for risky strategies in financial services
The problems of the financial services industry in one country have a fallout on other nations as well. Thanks to ease of money movement, and fewer national restrictions on the instruments being traded, the spread of the Asian financial crisis in 199 7-98 around the world was a wake-up call for everyone.
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