The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 07, 2008

OFFHAND
Is military rule more efficient?
In the second leg of his presidency, Dr Rajendra Prasad, in a public speech, gave vent to his distress at the degeneration that was already evident in public life, and warned that the crumbling of values and the decaying of institutions, if ... More

WIDE CANVAS
Focus on services in WTO
New Delhi is doing well to bring the services negotiations into the limelight, thereby gradually turning the world’s attention towards a sector which needs a revamp if international trade is to be truly liberalised. More

ON THE MOVE
GTI challenge: Steering the success story
Success throws up new challenges. This is what the management of Gateway Terminals India Private Ltd (GTI) is now realising. But first the success story.GTI’s container handling terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru port was commissioned in ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Benchmarks to sustain rally in near term
Domestic liquidity lending support to equities More

ADR WATCH
IT counters suffer most
MTNL in the limelight More

VISION 2020
SEZ as practical path to development
“I propose that promoters of SEZs donate one class room, one hospital bed and one small bus for each acre of land they acquire, that they also support one trainer of life skills, one doctor or nurse and one bus driver,” says P. V. INDIRES AN. More

SAY CHEEK
Ego, an invisible line item on company P&L
Generally, ‘ego’ is a four-letter word that merits banishment in business and social contexts. Or, so we have been taught. Wait, ego can be your greatest asset too, say David Marcum and Steven Smith in ‘Egonomics’ ( More

CHAT
What’s going on???
Twenty-one thousand seems to be future this week, Dakshinamoorthy thought as entered the chat room titled ‘Market Chat’. He was not the first. Khan was waiting… in his rare but happy mood. Punjab Tractors shot up ... More

JOTTINGS
All in the game
We have just lost another cricket Test in Australia. Since cricket occupies such a large space in the national consciousness in India, maybe we should consider some implications for life itself from this experience. Commentators, in their ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Getting real about global warming
The moral problem is that the developed world cannot tell the developing world that the rich can keep their cars and their modern lifestyles, while the poor must preferably walk or take public transport. More

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