The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 26, 2007

FLORICULTURE
Holland in full bloom, always
Today, some two-thirds of the world's flowers are either tended or traded in the Netherlands, yielding a turnover of around € 5 billion every year. More

FOREX
China follows Singapore model
The repercussions of China's putting a part of its reserves into global stock markets can be quite significant. While the move may set off a bullish trend in markets around the world, the shift of large sums from the US bond market will lead to highe r interest rates and a weaker dollar. The net effect of the transactions has thus to be watched before India decides to follow suit, cautions S. VENKITARAMANAN. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
How to bridge funding gap for infrastructure?
According to the Eleventh Plan Approach, the country needs Rs 14.5 lakh-crore of infrastructure investment. Financing infrastructure in the short term is a challenge, and will remain so in the long term unless financial, regulatory and legal reforms are simultaneously implemented. More

TERRORISM
Will the world ever be terror-free?
If a world survey were to be held on the one fear that is uppermost in people's mind everywhere, the answer will be instant and unanimous: Terrorism. More

STOCK MARKETS
Fear not the fall of the Sensex
The decline in the Sensex is due to a liquidity crunch faced by the global banks that are up against huge losses from the housing market and want to repay the loans taken from Japan at low rates of interest. More

INTERVIEW
UK Ports Mission sets course for Indian partnerships
"Though the focus of this Mission is on the security aspect, it is also exploring the opportunities that exist in India." More

SPORTS
Cricket R.I.P.
Last week, the game of cricket went down one further notch, if not more, in one's estimation. When one first read the brief report on the sudden death of the Pakistan coach, an Indian-born British citizen who became the toast of South African ... More

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