The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 19, 2005

Persuasion vs. compulsion
THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India has apparently learnt its lessons from the botched attempt two years ago to introduce compulsorily the conditional access system (CAS) for cable television networks in the four metros. Its latest ... More

ECONOMY

The economic fault lines
Unlike geographical fault lines, the economic ones spread disaster everywhere — on the prudent and the successful as much as on the imprudent and unsuccessful. P. V. Indiresan offers a solution to give the poor what they value and is goo d for them too. It cannot be stolen from them, and yet profit politicians even when they do not deny the poor. More

POLITICS

Waste of time and money
THE three-day UN "summit" attended by heads of states and governments was described as the largest such gathering ever, but going by the forgettable outcome, it was a big yawn. Indeed, never in the history of human ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Tracking the global FDI movement
Going by recent economic trends, an FDI upturn is in the works following the recent investment recession. Generally, the UNCTAD report says, that prospects for almost all regions "are expected to be bright in both the short and the medium term". Even so, for 2004-2005, performance is expected to be the best for Central Europe and Asia, less bright for Western Europe, Africa and Latin America. More

HUMAN RESOURCES

UN Human Development Report 2005: Shocking disparities across regions
THE UNDP's latest Human Development Report has done a creditable job of stressing the importance of attaining the Millennium Development Goals. It has excited considerable interest in India because of the rather ... More

Raising the curtain on Disney's top managers
THE court has proclaimed its judgment. Michael Eisner, Chief Executive Officer of Walt Disney Co., did not intend to harm the company. He was just a bad manager. The final decision has been long in coming. The case, ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Taking a call on emotional labour
THE FIRST conclave of call centre unions are on in Mumbai. Problems facing the call-centre workers such as `abusive client calls', `nerve-wracking time schedules and increasing targets' are among the issues in spotlight ... More

LETTERS

Directors or politicians?

Solar energy

Counting on deposits

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