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Curbing runaway executive pay
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has done well by stoking the embers of the dormant debate on the scope and scale of emoluments paid to promoters and executives in the corporate sector. He has done so at ...
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SAY CHEEK
DNA isn't destiny, it's history
Life is a complicated gift, "an impossible assemblage of biology, chemistry, electricity, and engineering," and disease is part of the package, argues Dr Sharon Moalem in Survival of the Sickest (More
RANDOM WALK
Creative destruction?
Alongside the "destruction" Kerala has been witnessing of late, there is more than a modicum of creation as well. And that it is occurring in the potentially high-growth IT sector is something that ought to be welcomed.
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Himatsingka Seide sees accumulation
There has been a slow accumulation of the stock of Himatsingka Seide as talk of the company acquiring an overseas brand is doing the rounds. The stock has been trading actively with an average of over 10,000 shares being traded daily on the BSE ...
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SpiceJet up on Deccan Aviation deal
SpiceJet, which was meandering quietly on the bourses during the day, suddenly witnessed frenzied action in the closing hours of the market. The stock, which was quoting around the Rs 52 level till 2 pm, jumped 21 per cent to end at Rs 61 after ...
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