The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 09, 2007

ECONOMY
The inflation conundrum
The year 2006 will be a monetarism landmark, not only because of the exit made by the great economist, Milton Friedman, or the recognition bestowed on Edmund Phelps, who added a new dimension to the legendary Phillips Curve. But because most ... More

POLITICS
France's fresh blast of oxygen
France's President-elect, Nicolas Sarkozy, deftly and unhesitatingly plugged hard work and its rewards into the core of his agenda for governance. Ambition and hard work formed a potent force that worked well for him. More than half of France voted for him because they think the same combination will work well for them too, says G. RAMACHANDRAN. More

Are you a politician?
When this question is posed to an average citizen, the answer usually is a `no', that is, if one is not a practising politician. This is because there is a certain pejorative innuendo associated with the description of someone being a politician, ... More

Tony Blair's impending exit
"Not with a bang, but a whimper" — the lines T. S. Eliot wrote in his celebrated poem, ``The Hollow Men'', exactly fit the long-awaited exit of Britain's Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, the news of ... More

EDUCATION
More study needed on foreign universities in India
Recently, a team of university presidents from the US visited India to sell Brand USA in education. Further, the government is in the process of setting up an expert committee to lay down the standards and procedures to be followed for ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
There is more to protein than pulses
Proteins — linear polymers built from 20 different amino acids, whose name is derived from the Greek word "prota" which means "of primary importance" — are of great importance to the human body as they perform vital biological ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Changing face of entrepreneurship, post liberalisation
Economic liberalisation has changed the rules of the entrepreneurial game. The competencies required to thrive in the protected era may no longer be good enough. More

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