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ECONOMY: An economic stimulus package
The recession in the global economy is now a stark reality. While the US and more than a dozen countries in the European Union are technically facing a recession, counted as negative growth in two consecutive quarters, the economic policy-makers ...

METALS: Restoring the sheen to metals
At the recently held international conference organised by Indian Institute of Metals, experts from within the country and outside shared their views on topics as varied as potential applications for metals, innovative technologies, future ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: What hurts India’s exports
During the beginning of the year, the Government embarked on an ambitious plan to reach an export figure of $200 billion for fiscal 2008-2009; and, further, to achieve 5 per cent of global merchandise exports market share by the year 2020. ...

ECONOMY: Avoiding the ‘R’ word
On Tuesday, the Union Finance Minister told a conference of editors that, while economic statistics all over the world were crashing, there was no need for undue concern in India. Among other things, he is reported to have said that while the ...

EDITORIAL: Bankrolling Citi
The US Government has stepped in, quite expectedly, to rescue the troubled banking giant, Citigroup. Apart from an immediate $20 billion direct cash injection, Washington is also providing a backstop against any default in the bank’s ...

POLITICS: Down with undermining of RTI
The British Government is finding itself in a spot following an order of the Information Commissioner, functioning under the Freedom of Information Act, akin to India’s Right to Information (RTI) Act, to release copies of Cabinet Minutes ...

LETTERS: Price discovery mechanisms
Commodities trading futures is one of the best ways to discover the price. It is supposed to help determine the price based on the demand-supply ...





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