The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, June 23, 2009

OPINION

AIRLINES: Air India needs support
Air India (NACIL) has asked the Government for financial support in the face of huge losses and a liquidity crunch. Going by the comments in the media, it would seem as if Air India alone has losses and that money received from the Government so ...

AIRLINES: Saving a dying airline
In January 2009, a flock of geese caused US Airways Flight 1549 to crash into the Hudson River. But we, in India, are witnessing the geese that laid golden eggs for Indian aviation — Indian Airlines and Air India — being brought ...

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Yesterday’s nectar, today’s killer
The three-trillion-dollar-plus financial steroid digitally administered to financial markets keep the stock indices alive today; off and on, even kicking. But the facts masked by stock indices are scary. The McKinsey ...

BOOKS: When science moved into public arena
Until the first quarter of the 18th century, science had been a hobby or an eccentricity which no sensible person chose as a career. But from about then, this changed.. Given how many hundreds of books have been written on the history of ...

EDITORIAL: Investors unburdened
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) decision to go ahead with removal of entry load on mutual funds overruling stiff opposition is welcome for more reasons than one. Investors, for one, can look forward to lower costs on ...

LETTERS: Higher Education
The two articles by Prof. P. V. Indiresan and Prof. R. Sethuraman (Business Line, June 22) provide key inputs to policymakers. While Prof. Indiresan lays the roadmap for the future of higher education with three ...

LETTERS: Merger makes sense
This is with reference to SBI board approving the merger of its subsidiary, the State Bank of Indore, with itself. It is obvious that SBI would be keen to merge quickly the remaining six associates with itself especially after the ...

Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrashekhar • S Murlidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranabir Ray Choudhury • Rasheeda Bhagat • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh • S Venkitaramanan

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