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Friday, February 06, 2009
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, February 06, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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OPINION POLITICS: Younger India, greying politicians What’s common between Kerala’s Chief Minister, Mr V. S. Achutanandan, and the Union Minority Affair’s Minister, Mr A. R. Antulay? Both the politicians created embarrassment for their parties and the common ailment that ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Fusing the 3G ecosystem Operators have played a key role in driving India’s telecom ecosystem. With 3G, they have a chance to continue building a pan-India network.So far, I have shared my thoughts on how 3G technology can help transform India, and the ... ECONOMY: Recession and stimulus The financial crisis and economic slowdown originating in the US sub-prime market has now spread to far corners of the globe. For example, there have been major bank failures in distant Iceland because of massive bad debts in ... POLITICS: EC uneasy Election Commissioners, Chief or otherwise, are mostly drawn from a privileged group of retired civil servants. Whenever a Chief Election Commissioner thinks he is blowing the whistle or is handing out a red card, one is tempted to modify the ... EMPLOYMENT: Averting layoffs The report of the US Department of Labour of December 30 mentions the figure of 2.6 million as the total number of jobs lost in 2008, with December alone eating up 524,000 jobs. In fact, 1.9 million job losses took place in the last four months ... EDITORIAL: Managing a bounty Now that it is clear that prospects for major Rabi crops — wheat, pulses and oilseeds — are satisfactory, it may be time to review the utility of extant government controls and restrictions. All indications are that the wheat crop ... BANKING: Protecting core entities Excellent performance of the banking sector, as reflected in the third quarter results, with an impressive average net profit growth of 58 per cent posted by the top 20 banks, should be a shot in the arm to an otherwise morose economy ... LETTERS: Election Commission One must commend the courage of conviction shown by the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr N. Gopalaswamy, in recommending the removal of his colleague, Mr Navin Chawla, from the CEC. The delay in his recommendation is attributable to the ... Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrashekhar • S Murlidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranabir Ray Choudhury • Rasheeda Bhagat • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh • S Venkitaramanan Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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