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Monday, March 16, 2009
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, March 16, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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COLUMNS A RINGSIDE VIEW: Domestic markets to take cue from Western bourses Investors prefer to stay on sidelines due to uncertainty. Dalal Street was relieved to see that the 7,700-point support level on the benchmark index was not breached last week. Wall Street signals and overseas investors’ net positive ... S VENKITARAMANAN: FRBM and recession The fiscal deficit of the Government has been very much in the news. Commonly understood, fiscal deficit is the difference between the Government’s receipts and the expenditure. The borrowings of the Government are equal to fiscal deficit. ... ADR WATCH: Satyam Computer, Sterlite, Tata Motors sizzle ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank gain on global sentiment. Thanks to short covering, coupled with positive comments from top bankers, including Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America, the US markets recovered from 12-year lows. The Dow Jones ... COMMODITY COMMENTARY: State agencies should import white sugar for PDS Mumbai, March 15 Sugar is turning a hot commodity. In a few short months, domestic prices have galloped from around Rs 1,500-1,600 a quintal to over Rs 2,100 a quintal. Retail prices are higher at Rs 24-25 ... OFFHAND: Policy making to policy planning Over the years, policy planning has become the basis for policy making. Policy planning is an improvement on policy making and came into vogue in the 1960s. Policy planning takes into account the present national and international ... VISION 2020: A case to strengthen the judiciary The coming elections may differ from previous ones (it may not) in two ways. One, annoyed by the incompetence of the government in tackling the November attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, the upper middle class has been making loud noises ... WIDE CANVAS: The G-20 must act now Closely following on the heels of the grim January update on the IMF’s economic outlook for the present year, the World Bank has sounded its warning along similar lines, perhaps sending out a message that is even grimmer. In fact, whatever ... AMERICAN PERISCOPE: Managing layoffs with least damage It is a sign of the times that when two people meet, the topic of layoffs is never too far off. The US unemployment rate in February was 8.1 per cent, up from 7.6 per cent in January and the highest since 1983. Some analysts estimate that the ... ON THE MOVE: Aviation MRO segment poised to grow As a support service to the aviation industry, India’s MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) segment is estimated to grow at 10 per cent and reach $1.17 billion by 2010 and $2.6 billion by 2020, according to Changing Dynamics, a study ... 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 Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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