The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 08, 2007

OFFHAND
Tongue-lashing by the President
The President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is well-known for the fresh thinking he brings to bear on issues of national importance and his constant efforts to "ignite" (his favourite word) the minds of those in ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Market betting big on Infosys numbers
FIIs, mutual funds begin 2007 with net buying More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Be aware of MF identification number
Imagine yourself as a trigger-happy investor, ready to sign a few hefty cheques to buy units of mutual funds. Your effort comes to naught, howsoever easy you thought it would be. The reason is simple. You, despite all the money you may have at ... More

ADR WATCH
ADRs under-perform their domestic counterparts
MTNL, Tata Motors biggest gainers; Sify, HDFC Bank, Patni Computers major losers More

VISION 2020
A place in Indian sun for the poor and bright
If the government is truly interested in the poor, rather than the ill-conceived reservation policy in education, it would stream students. It can be a multi-stage selection with a set of Feeder Schools. This would, besides levelling the field, guara ntee bright poor children a place under the Indian sun, says P. V. INDIRESAN. More

SAY CHEEK
Nonsense is `inherently pleasurable'
Before you shout `nonsense', in response to the headline, let us explore what nonsense is. "A genre of literature that is much maligned and yet much enjoyed," reads an easy definition that Anushka Ravishankar finds inadequate. For, nonsense is ... More

RANDOM WALK
Making globalisation work
If Kerala continues with State-driven actions to "reconcile the exigencies of achieving growth through globalised markets with genuine democracy and social equity," it may well be able to make globalisation work. More

CHAT
Let's `watch our vantage in this business'
Jogin was studying the movement of the inflation graph. Sridevi was cataloguing the mega deals in outsourcing. And Dakshinamoorthy was connecting his TV to a new STB... Till Khan drew the trio's attention to the weekly chat on markets, with ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Great expectations from public services
Efficiently functioning public services can reduce stress, saving on medical expenses, apart from saving other costs and increasing productivity. More

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