The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 09, 2009

OPINION

ECONOMY: Bold steps to revive US economy
The present problems of the world economy are rooted in grave imbalances that have arisen in the financial system of the US, and following them, in the other advanced countries of Europe and Japan. The budget statement that President ...

EDITORIAL: Selling Satyam
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s nod for the sale process of Satyam Computer proposed by the government appointed Board is a good beginning. The proposal to offer 31 per cent equity in Satyam on a preferential basis to ...

WTO: When trade protection is ‘legal’
When the going gets tough for countries during times of economic depression, the instinctive response is to protect domestic interests which, as far as trade is concerned, means raising barriers to protect internal jobs. On the other hand, ...

POLITICS: Keeping the spirit of democracy alive
I have been watching European politicians at work for about two decades and it has been an amazing lesson on leadership integrity. In European politics, as in their business, leaders earn the ‘honourable’ designation not by words, ...

EVENTS: All change
The election process has just about got underway and who gets to form the next Government is still some time away, but this has not stopped some political parties from drawing up post-election plans about the spoils of office. A regional party ...

POLITICS: Freebies, the name of the game
The announcement of the schedule for the forthcoming election to the Lok Sabha presages the season of freebies. What started as free electricity to farmers now encompasses an impossibly extended spectrum of offering gratis: Dhotis, saris, ...

LETTERS: Interest on home loans
Confusion has been created by the Government’s initiative by asking banks to cut interest rates on housing loans. Banks are reducing interest rates but only on new loans. This is in no way a step which is logically ...

LETTERS: RBI rate cuts
Despite the fact that the Reserve Bank of India has announced a cut of 0.5 percentage points in the repo and reverse repo rates, the bear continues to play havoc on Dalal ...

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

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