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S VENKITARAMANAN: Stimulating developments
Last week saw some interesting developments on the international economic scene. The most important of these is China’s pre-emptive move last Sunday announcing a fiscal stimulus package of nearly $586 billion for two years. This amounts ...

A RINGSIDE VIEW: Indices may fluctuate within a broader range
Bailouts or relief measures – No boost to sentiment. Weekly outlook loses much of its meaning when market is discounting the long-term positives with a jaundiced eye. Last week, the announcement of the Chinese stimulus package could cheer ...

ADR WATCH: Most Indian counters rule near October lows in US markets
Bank, information technology shares see sharp slide. The US stocks fell for the second week following insipid profit outlook from majors including Goldman Sachs and Best Buy. The volatile week saw S&P-500 ending 6.2 per cent lower at 873.29 ...

CHAT: ‘Will I be able to keep my job’
Mack (an American expat working in India) is mulling over accepting a job offer in Kuwait when his friends Bidyut (an economics professor), Divya (a journalist) and Jogin (a student) arrive at his ...

EUROSCAPE: Rising protectionism in Europe
As I file this week’s column, the world’s 20 most important government leaders are about to meet in Washington D.C. to discuss an ostensibly new fundamental reform of the financial system. I am reminded of an anecdote my father ...

OFFHAND: Reinventing the police
There is not a single lawless group in the whole of the country whose record of crime comes anywhere near the record of that single organised unit which is known as the Indian Police Force…the police force in Uttar Pradesh is ...





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