The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 01, 2007

OFFHAND
A dismal start
Saddam Hussein's execution may well mark the beginning of a prolonged and frightening flare-up of violence in Iraq bedevilling all chances of peace ever returning to that benighted land. It may also trigger a ... More

WIDE CANVAS
Thoughts on New Year's Day
Just as the beauty of a sunset is a matter of perception by the human brain, so, one thinks, is the human interpretation of January 1 as marking `a new beginning'. More

ON THE MOVE
Marginally lower growth forecast
UNESCAP, in its recent report, Key Economic Developments and Prospects in The Asia-Pacific Region 2007, the second publication in an annual series, forecasts that the Asia-Pacific region is poised for an impressive economic growth in 2007. ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Listless trade likely to mark New Year beginning
Market may lack direction till corporates come out with Q3 nos More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Hoping for better fund managers in 2007
Index funds generate 36 pc return in 2006 More

SAY CHEEK
Kama Sutra is `an antidote to shame'
On a day that saw Saddam's execution, and predictable outrage in its wake, the last thing on the hassled world's agenda may be love. Which is why I turn to a whole book about it: Deepak Chopra's `Kama Sutra,' from Jaico (More

CHAT
If you see a great story ahead...
Jogin was trying to disentangle the telecom lines in his office. Dakshinamoorthy chuckled thinking about how TV viewers in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata may at last know the CAS-plight that Chennai-ites went through long ago. Sridevi was reading ... More

EUROSCAPE
Greece — a noisy democracy makes silent progress
The mounting garbage in Athens may belie a modern city management system, but surely the country is firmly on the path of progress. More

JOTTINGS
No unhappy returns!
I hope you had a merry Christmas — there, I have said it! For, the C word has become in our bizarre times a sign of politically incorrect greeting in the West where, for two millennia, it had been the traditional form during the season of ... More

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