The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 31, 2005

The retail FDI bugbear
THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION to direct investment by foreign retail chains is a case of two old phobias hopelessly mixed up — of large size and the private sector, on the one hand, and the `foreign hand', on the other. Three types of arguments ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Why Bangalore is not Silicon Valley
While the government apparatus is to blame for the poor condition of many a city, in the case of Bangalore, to some extent, the IT industry is also responsible. Simply because it did not choose to imitate its model, the Silicon Valley, in civic sense — moving away from cities or building away from main roads. P. V. Indiresan says the salvation lies in businesses moving to the rural areas and developing the facilities they and their employees need. More

CREDIT POLICY

Reflections on the Credit Policy — Prioritise lending to small enterprises
THE markets have absorbed the benign signals that the RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy's Credit Policy sent out on October 25, 2005. There has been neither euphoria nor shock. The episode had some drama about it, partly ... More

SECURITY

Perking up police
IT IS good that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms Jayalalithaa, is paying close attention to measures to perk up the police in the State. She was the first to have thought of all-women police stations to take up cases of special concern to ... More

MARKETING

Is it goodwill or lubrication?
Giving away discounts and commissions for business has a long and respectable history; still it is fraught with a potential hazard which managers must keep a sharp eye out for. More

TRENDS

That's me and my history on the card
A business card packs a whole lot more information than just a name and phone number. And what we put on our cards can reveal much about ourselves, from where we work to our line of business, sometimes even extending to details of our various career and academic achievements. More

LETTERS

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