The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 31, 2007

EDITORIAL
India-Asean FTA glitches
Failure to reach an agreement must not be seen as a setback because it is better to have a fully tied-up FTA, even if delayed. More

ECONOMY
‘We must not only act, but also dream’
Economists are predicting that India will be a superpower in the next 15 years, with a growth rate of 10 per cent. This is not impossible. Despite the din and noise of our chaotic democracy, our economy is on a roll. More

POLITICS
Representative of US ethos?
The only unanswered part of the question all these months about the resignation of Alberto Gonzales as the US Attorney General was when, and not whether, he would either quit or be eased out. In fact, Oliver Cromwell’s words as he dismissed ... More

In the right?
Irrespective of whether the Manmohan Singh Government remains in office or not because of the nuclear deal with the US and the Left opposition to it, the Congress is going all out to make a strong case for itself. Colleagues on the political beat ... More

TEA
The changing flavour of tea
People write all kinds of histories, usually exceedingly dull histories about kings and such like people, but to be far more interesting, history deals with human wants and things like tea… Tea has played a very important part in the ... More

CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS
Shylocks of Urban India
The suave and sophisticated bank manager is not perceived in the garb of a 21st century usurer, while the illiterate village moneylender is. But both pursue a similar service, appeasing the demands for short-term liquidity and charging steep rates. More

MORTGAGE
Averting the sub-prime crisis
If the economy has staved off sub-prime contagion so far, it is in large part due to the systems assiduously put in place by the RBI, especially with regard to derivatives transactions and self-regulation. One hopes the country will continue with gra dualism in financial sector reforms and not throw caution to the winds, says K. SUBRAMANIAN. More

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