The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 10, 2007

FOOD & CUISINE
Caviar to the `general'
As the VIP jumbo jet flew gracefully over the Indian Ocean on its way to Mauritius, a charming airhostess came with the ultimate epicurean fare — a glass of champagne and a plate of caviar. The connoisseur says the most renowned pairing ... More

OUTSOURCING
Will the BPO party last?
Sudden denial of income, regardless of the cause, creates unhappy consequences. Employees of the BPO (business process outsourcing) and call-centre industry may be staring at such a prospect. Foreign ... More

EDITORIAL
Powerless
With a 15 per cent shortage in peak and 10 per cent deficit in energy demand, the country faces a torrid summer. More

FERTILISERS
Fertiliser policy — Must be a nutrient for food security, competitiveness
Instead of addressing the issues of price decontrol, subsidy phase-out, promotion of gas-based plants and restructuring inefficient naphtha-based units, successive fertiliser policies have focussed too much on controlling costs and margins, resulting in stagnant production and many units turning sick. A mindset change is urgently needed. More

POLITICS
China and diverse perceptions
If China and Mao inspired young and dreaming socialists across the globe in the 1950s and early 1960s, the country became the centre of attention since the late 1970s for its non-stop economic advance. People elsewhere feel a bit depressed ... More

COTTON
Cotton — future imperfect
Even as the whole world seems to be glued to commodity futures trading — either for hedging or for investment purpose — cotton sector players in India seem to be losing out. More

MARKETING
Marketing goes to war
The kernel of marketing management is its kaleidoscopic character. Companies capable of achieving a complete and comprehensive change alone will make the grade and arrive, considering the dog-eat-dog competition in the contemporary market economy. More

BOOKS
Analytical competition will be something of an arms race
When the usual business edges go blunt move up to the high end of business intelligence with Competing on Analytics. But `guard against intellectual nonsense masquerading as science,' as Oracles of Science cautions. And get to massaging atoms in Prog ramming the Universe. Varied dimensions of science, through three fascinating books. More

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