The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 04, 2007

POLITICS
Politics and polemics of Presidential second term
While the convention is not to offer the incumbent President a second term, this issue has the nation in its thrall for a number of reasons. More

After veto, what?
The US President, Mr George W. Bush, has not sprung any surprise by refusing to sign into law the Bill passed by the Congress tying up the sanction of $124 billion for meeting the expenses on the US military ... More

BANKING
Financial inclusion — Banking on a rural shift
Bank branches in rural pockets are attracting growing business volumes. And the nationalised banks should get cracking if they are not to lose the first-mover advantage. More

INTERVIEW
Societies must allow for failure, both socially and legally
Only when failure becomes socially acceptable, innovation blossoms as people are more willing to risk the unknown. — MS LAURA A. PARKIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEN More

RAILWAYS
Transport Infrastructure — Innovation must be at the core
Already into the first fiscal of the Eleventh Plan, a focused investment strategy with some out-of-the-box solutions are the crying need of the hour if the country's transport infrastructure is to remain ahead of demand. In this context, the Indian R ailways should formulate and spell out its investment strategy taking note of all options, says VIJAYALAKSHMI VISWANATHAN. More

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Basel-II norms

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