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Aberrant streak
Seems that industrial nations, despite the advances they have made in other respects, possess an aberrant streak making them commit blunders and goof-ups, with few parallels in the rest of the world. The US, to ... More

WIDE CANVAS


No longer a `functioning chaos'
Thanks mainly to the economic reforms, which have unleashed the productive powers of the nation and its people, India does not figure in the list of `failed states'. Indeed it has come a long way from being so described, in the 1970s, and a `function ing chaos', in the 1960s. For Noam Chomsky failed states are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and... destruction... and that suffer from a democratic deficit... " More

ON THE MOVE


Problems by the box-full
Large-capacity vessels, soaring fuel costs and limited handling capacity at ports/terminals and poor hinterland connectivity in most parts of the world do not bode well for the rapidly-containerising shipping industry. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW


Momentum to continue
BSE Mid and Small-Cap indices may outperform bellwether index More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


Social security funds - need of the hour
UTI's `micro pension' initiative attracts investments from self-employed women in the unorganised sector every month to UTI Retirement Benefit Pension Fund More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED


What led to the Babri Masjid demolition?
Rao records how the issue of building a Ram mandir at Ayodhya `was politicised for electoral benefit'. More

CHAT


What counsel give you in this weighty cause?
Khan was reading Buffett's gospel. Jogin kept crunching numbers on why technology stocks rose as Dow Jones peaked. Dakshinamoorthy was trying out one more psephology model to predict election results. But Sridevi drew them all in for the ... More

EUROSCAPE


Corporate restructuring in Europe — Lessons and opportunities for India
With the rest of the industrialised world, Europe too is currently in an era of rapid industrial change and massive restructuring. These changes are creating challenges and opportunities. Sectors such as steel, car manufacturing, and ... More

JOTTINGS


Touched by the Sacred
Many people at the highest levels of business these days show an interest in supporting seekers and sages, in a non-denominational sense, driven by a deep faith in discovering a viable and moral way of living. These are not traditionalists by any ... More
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