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S VENKITARAMANAN: Fed called to account
In the US, there has always been a constructive tension between the Federal Reserve and the legislators, who are jealous of its powers. The central bank, created in 1913, is seen as exercising powers far beyond what was originally envisaged. It ...

A RINGSIDE VIEW: Liquidity flow to set direction of benchmarks
Players anticipate correction in overpriced market. This week, the flow of fresh liquidity or the absence of it would make a difference on valuations. At the macro level, any meaningful correction may be deferred in the short-term if fresh flows ...

RANDOM WALK: Nobel laureate Ostrom’s lessons for India
Last week the American social scientist Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win the the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, more popularly known as the ...

VISION 2020: Poverty of governance
In the matter of the Human Development Index, India has once again performed poorly. Considering how proud the country is of its rapid economic growth, it should have been way above the level of 134 out of 182 nations. Obviously, the country ...

EUROSCAPE: Scouting for M&As in Europe
Global merger and acquisition activity is still struggling and Europe is feeling the sting more than others. M&A activity across the world is at its lowest ebb in terms of the number of deals. In this scenario, European mergers ...

OFFHAND: Inter-linking of rivers stillborn
For almost a century-and-a-half, from the days of the British rule, the idea of inter-linking of India’s rivers had cast a spell on the powers-that-were and the intelligentsia. The fascination had spilt over into the period after ...

WIDE CANVAS: Prize for ‘open defecation’
Last Friday, the papers carried two reports which project the stark reality of the co-existence of opposites in India. At one level, this phenomenon can be said to be indicative of the travails of trying to catch up with the developed world ...

COMMODITY COMMENTARY: Price arrears, long crop cycle bane of sugarcane
With dim prospect of sugar prices turning decisively consumer-friendly for at least 12 more months from now, the key to planning for future output expansion simply lies in ensuring that acreage under cane bounces back to over five ...

BL CLUB: B. Ashok Kumar Reddy, Deputy General Manager, HR Neuland Laboratories; Bharath Postgraduate College for Women, Hyderabad
Creation of an environment of openness through mutual trust is very important in an organisation to inspire people, according to Mr B. Ashok Kumar Reddy, Deputy General Manager, Human Resource, Neuland Laboratories ...

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 TCA Srinivasa Raghavan




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