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  • Why becoming obsolete should be part of core strategy (November 23, 2009)
    Agri-Biz & Commodities
  • Why not covered agriculture? (November 04, 2009)
  • Why Bajaj Hindusthan is interested in Balrampur Chini (November 01, 2009)
  • Bt brinjal: A lost cause? (October 30, 2009)
  • Sugar importers must beware of ‘corporate bids’ (October 27, 2009)
  • Some food for thought (October 16, 2009)
  • The new face of colonisation (October 14, 2009)
  • The new face of colonisation (October 14, 2009)
  • On the brink of starvation (October 07, 2009)
  • Sugar shortage to continue till 2011 (October 03, 2009)
  • Tea industry in hot water (September 25, 2009)
  • Land acquisition and resettlement — Giving the farmer a choice (September 23, 2009)
  • Focus J&K: Providing ideal climate for investment (September 22, 2009)
  • Drought, recession and relief (September 18, 2009)
  • Better ways to fill an empty stomach (September 16, 2009)
  • India-Asean FTA — A realistic assessment (September 11, 2009)
  • A State entrepreneurs cannot ignore (September 07, 2009)
  • Indian agriculture needs a jump innovation (September 07, 2009)
  • Right time to enhance gold stocks (September 05, 2009)
  • Rice against odds (September 04, 2009)
  • This drought is different (August 26, 2009)
  • The bitter facts about sugar (August 19, 2009)
  • Need for action plan on food, nutrition security (August 17, 2009)
  • Can Dr Singh do a Robert Peel? (August 13, 2009)
  • The price of populism (August 12, 2009)
  • Fertiliser subsidy — Falling short of goals (August 08, 2009)
  • Revitalising the regime (August 07, 2009)
  • Cruel weather, uncaring government (July 30, 2009)
  • Investment opportunities aplenty (June 22, 2009)
  • Price conscious (June 12, 2009)
  • Nurture investment in horticulture (June 12, 2009)
  • How strong is dollar-commodities link? (June 09, 2009)
  • NGOs in agriculture (June 09, 2009)
  • Will agri-biz be a catalyst for economic take-off? (June 08, 2009)
  • Farm sector needs right nutrients, now (June 03, 2009)
  • Why not export subsidy for rice? (May 26, 2009)
  • And now, differential negative subsidies (May 20, 2009)
  • Golden years ahead for agriculture? (May 13, 2009)
  • NGOs in agriculture (May 06, 2009)
  • Grains, at what cost? (April 10, 2009)
  • Wanted, Nano-like solutions for Indian farming! (April 07, 2009)
  • Which came first – coir or fibre? (March 24, 2009)
  • Farm sermons (March 20, 2009)
  • Agriculture hostage to knee-jerk actions (March 19, 2009)
  • The marginalisation of agriculture (March 11, 2009)
  • Think afresh on food security (March 10, 2009)
  • Fruits of hard labour (February 24, 2009)
  • Give crops balanced nutrients (February 18, 2009)
  • Crisis in cotton (February 10, 2009)
  • Restoring Kuttanad to its heyday (February 02, 2009)
  • Price signals and the farmer (January 02, 2009)
    Brand Line
  • Defining the affluent (November 19, 2009)
  • It’s in your hands (September 10, 2009)
  • Identity crisis (July 02, 2009)
    Corporate
  • When the wind changed direction (November 23, 2009)
  • Effect of new tax proposals on companies (October 12, 2009)
  • Pruning asset size (August 22, 2009)
  • Larger public float: Ceiling based on cut-off size will make it easy (July 28, 2009)
  • Why Chrysler found India elusive (May 02, 2009)
  • ‘We will be back to normal soon’ (April 10, 2009)
  • Opportunity-risk imbalance: Implications for Corporate India (April 08, 2009)
  • Greed Inc. (February 11, 2009)
  • Corporate allergens (February 09, 2009)
  • Corporate allergens (February 09, 2009)
  • Time to act, not just react (February 03, 2009)
  • India Inc invests the most in 2007-08 (February 02, 2009)
  • Rules of promoter-less corporates (January 29, 2009)
  • Traffic stress: Companies should take the lead (January 19, 2009)
  • Public shame adds to price of corruption (January 05, 2009)
    eWorld
  • Zero visibility (October 19, 2009)
    Government
  • Is IAS dispensable? (August 10, 2009)
    Info-Tech
  • A smart proposition (November 19, 2009)
  • The laptop of style (October 22, 2009)
  • New GSM operators steal the thunder (October 15, 2009)
  • How many telecom companies should India have? (September 29, 2009)
  • A Jekyll & Hyde persona (September 29, 2009)
  • Tid-bits and bytes (September 11, 2009)
  • The winning code (September 11, 2009)
  • Timely warning from Bill Gates (August 03, 2009)
  • Clearing the air on 2G Spectrum (July 31, 2009)
  • Major changes to transfer pricing (July 07, 2009)
  • Nurture small guys into tech biggies (July 01, 2009)
  • Grey bands in spectrum policy (June 30, 2009)
  • The economic impact of mobile telephony (April 28, 2009)
  • Satyam: Unfinished work (April 17, 2009)
  • Moral hazard in Satyam resurrection (April 15, 2009)
  • Indian IT majors lose premium valuation over global peers (March 30, 2009)
  • Telecom: A saga of missed opportunities (March 12, 2009)
  • Promise of IT and Web access (February 23, 2009)
  • Why the hurry to marry Satyam off? (February 23, 2009)
  • Vodafone case: Policy response required (February 21, 2009)
  • Running out of charge in rural India (February 11, 2009)
  • When the chips are down… (February 09, 2009)
  • When the chips are down… (February 09, 2009)
  • If one goes out… (February 09, 2009)
  • Don’t let down guard (February 09, 2009)
  • Don’t let down guard (February 09, 2009)
  • If one goes out… (February 09, 2009)
  • Fusing the 3G ecosystem (February 06, 2009)
  • Window-dressed boards (February 03, 2009)
  • The power of cause and effect (February 02, 2009)
  • From spotlight to shadow (February 02, 2009)
  • Regulation for user-friendly 3G (January 30, 2009)
  • Queuing up for India (January 26, 2009)
  • The obfuscation of satyam (January 24, 2009)
  • 3G: Unique IDs for a billion-plus Indians (January 23, 2009)
  • Cool heads needed at Satyam (January 21, 2009)
  • Going beyond mere regulation (January 21, 2009)
  • `Cloud computing is silver lining' (January 19, 2009)
  • Stung by Satyam (January 16, 2009)
  • 3G for all? India can show how (January 16, 2009)
  • Showcase capitalism (January 14, 2009)
  • Revamp at Satyam (January 12, 2009)
  • Satyam fraud: More than accounting skullduggery (January 12, 2009)
  • New York and Hyderabad, a tale of two cities (January 12, 2009)
  • ‘Satyam saga may have wider impact’ (January 12, 2009)
  • The truth beyond Satyam (January 12, 2009)
  • Signals to watch before a crisis (January 12, 2009)
  • Satyam fraud: Misplaced faith in self-regulation (January 12, 2009)
  • Seeds of failure usually sown in good times (January 12, 2009)
  • Trailer of a larger malaise (January 12, 2009)
  • Satyameva jayate! (January 08, 2009)
  • Time to speed-dial 3G (January 07, 2009)
  • `Clients now ask probing questions' (January 05, 2009)
    Investment World
  • Why gold prices are at dazzling highs (November 22, 2009)
  • Wait…. Signals getting stronger (November 15, 2009)
  • Will new trading hours help investors? (November 08, 2009)
  • Deciding on donations (November 08, 2009)
  • Recovery tempered by challenges (November 08, 2009)
  • Why IPOs have turned too risky for comfort (October 25, 2009)
  • Peter Lynch on markets (October 25, 2009)
  • Retirement portfolios: Is more equity exposure at the horizon good? (October 25, 2009)
  • Keep tabs on global cues (October 04, 2009)
  • What investors can do to take cover (September 27, 2009)
  • Gold polishes up its returns (September 20, 2009)
  • Indian Vs Global IT majors — Why premium may not be justified (September 13, 2009)
  • Preparing for the new Tax Code (September 06, 2009)
  • The harder stocks fell, the higher they bounced back (September 06, 2009)
  • What drove India’s outbound M&A (August 30, 2009)
  • Do we need circuit breakers? (August 16, 2009)
  • And now, teaser loans to finance your home (August 16, 2009)
  • Book-building at work (August 09, 2009)
  • June numbers: Neither good nor bad (August 02, 2009)
  • The long and short of it (August 02, 2009)
  • Gift card: The perfect present (July 19, 2009)
  • Six wishful demands for a dreamy Budget (July 05, 2009)
  • Are Indian stocks over-valued? (July 05, 2009)
  • Have FIIs hit ‘pause’? (June 28, 2009)
  • Get the best of remittances (June 28, 2009)
  • Reading the recovery (June 21, 2009)
  • Earn as you spend via card (June 14, 2009)
  • Base metals: Where are they headed? (June 07, 2009)
  • Retailers doing a rethink (May 03, 2009)
  • Guard your card while abroad (May 03, 2009)
  • A comeback for value investing (April 26, 2009)
  • Building up a big score (April 26, 2009)
  • The how and why of open offers (April 19, 2009)
  • Who will gain from AS-11 change? (April 12, 2009)
  • How India Inc. handles currency risks (April 12, 2009)
  • Election and economics (April 12, 2009)
  • Sensex: Real rally or shortlived spurt? (March 29, 2009)
  • Checklist to choose health cover (March 29, 2009)
  • Testing times for power projects (March 22, 2009)
  • Life insurers well-placed to navigate turbulence (March 22, 2009)
  • Global influence still strong (March 15, 2009)
  • Global funds: Only some deliver (March 08, 2009)
  • Let’s talk mergers… (March 08, 2009)
  • RIL-RPL merger: A dinosaur in the making (March 01, 2009)
  • Road ahead for private equity (February 08, 2009)
  • Saving for the sunset years (February 01, 2009)
  • Directors, independent and interdependent (January 18, 2009)
  • The numbers don’t add up (January 11, 2009)
    Life
  • A place to call home (October 16, 2009)
    Logistics
  • Indian aviation’s big boggle (October 22, 2009)
  • Indian aviation’s ‘ai’ (October 09, 2009)
  • Crisis in the air (October 07, 2009)
  • Flying into turbulence (October 02, 2009)
  • Jetting into an avoidable crisis (September 12, 2009)
  • Flight safety: When will we ever learn? (September 04, 2009)
  • Why is my favourite brand going downhill? (September 03, 2009)
  • Aviation and Climate Change:Route to Copenhagen and beyond (August 21, 2009)
  • ‘Spirited’ high-flyers (August 18, 2009)
  • A safe harbour for ports (August 18, 2009)
  • The return of Clark Kent (August 14, 2009)
  • How many airlines do we need? (August 04, 2009)
  • Will India’s airlines recover from the tailspin? (August 03, 2009)
  • Shortcomings in aviation (July 21, 2009)
  • How do you solve a problem like Air India? (July 11, 2009)
  • Turning around Air India (July 10, 2009)
  • Rail budget sidetracks freight (July 10, 2009)
  • Rail Budget: Populist or practical? (July 06, 2009)
  • Rail Budget: Long on passengers and short on freight (July 04, 2009)
  • Air India needs support (June 23, 2009)
  • Saving a dying airline (June 23, 2009)
  • Mamata’s track record (May 28, 2009)
  • Taking the moolah track (May 22, 2009)
  • Private rail: Strategies to stay on track (May 20, 2009)
  • In defence of the computer (April 27, 2009)
  • Confused aviation? (March 31, 2009)
  • Smooth flight, rough landing (March 13, 2009)
  • Making the voter happy (February 16, 2009)
  • Rail Budget: Tall claims, but short on substantial efforts (February 14, 2009)
  • Amber signal ahead (February 14, 2009)
  • Cleaning up the aviation mess (February 11, 2009)
  • Partners in aerospace (February 09, 2009)
  • Partners in aerospace (February 09, 2009)
  • Systemic approach to a better transport system (February 07, 2009)
  • Aviation ‘spirit’-ualism (January 06, 2009)
    Marketing
  • Statistical significance (November 16, 2009)
  • Retailers keep up sales growth (November 06, 2009)
  • Consumer durables: Sales growth accelerates (November 05, 2009)
  • Retail hubs in the Garden City (October 25, 2009)
  • Marketing cyber security (October 05, 2009)
  • What drives bargain sales (October 04, 2009)
  • Geographical indicators and beyond (October 03, 2009)
  • Online networking as a marketing tool (September 21, 2009)
  • Bottom-of-pyramid strategies: Churn under way (September 05, 2009)
  • The hightailing of retailing (September 01, 2009)
  • Competition Act and MRTP: One ‘two’ many (August 20, 2009)
  • Consumers go for high-end durables (August 10, 2009)
  • Not sold on service (August 03, 2009)
  • When economy slows, cartelisation grows (April 28, 2009)
  • CCI and TRAI — Regulating in harmony (April 24, 2009)
  • Hamsters and rhinos (March 19, 2009)
  • Communication tools (March 13, 2009)
  • Why Indian firms go wrong when hiring US sales teams (March 09, 2009)
  • Is the retail romance over? (February 26, 2009)
  • Word of mouse (February 12, 2009)
  • Guerrilla marketing (February 09, 2009)
  • Guerrilla marketing (February 09, 2009)
  • Seeking more bang for the buck (February 05, 2009)
  • ‘Critical to get consumption back’ (February 05, 2009)
  • Consumers tighten their purse strings (January 14, 2009)
  • How to stay recession-proof (January 01, 2009)
  • Will 2009 be the year of the client? (January 01, 2009)
  • Looking back, looking ahead (January 01, 2009)
    Markets
  • Dubai World scare, a trigger for correction? (November 29, 2009)
  • Stuff of legends (November 18, 2009)
  • Equity schemes — Trailing broader benchmarks (October 25, 2009)
  • What to look out for in IPOs (October 25, 2009)
  • Stocks Strategy — ICICI Bank, IDFC could see volatility (October 04, 2009)
  • Index Strategy — Set a put spread to gain from market weakness (October 04, 2009)
  • How to take profits on the core portfolio (October 04, 2009)
  • Ban on insider trading in F&O segment (September 24, 2009)
  • Audit reservations on corporates extend beyond forex accounting (September 21, 2009)
  • INDEX OUTLOOK — Stepping beyond 16,000 (September 13, 2009)
  • Back at 16,000, but it’s a different, more expensive Sensex (September 13, 2009)
  • Market capitalisation (September 13, 2009)
  • Why blanket ban on shares with differential voting rights? (August 19, 2009)
  • Investors’ gain is distributors’ loss (June 30, 2009)
  • Yesterday’s nectar, today’s killer (June 23, 2009)
  • Markets: Ahead of economies? (May 26, 2009)
  • Tax avoidance through mutual funds (April 11, 2009)
  • Mutual funds: Need for reforms (April 10, 2009)
  • ‘Fear factor’ in markets lower (March 16, 2009)
  • A harsh ruling for share dealers (February 07, 2009)
  • Balanced funds outpace equity funds in choppy markets (February 04, 2009)
  • Sale of shares (February 02, 2009)
  • Are preference shares in vogue? (February 02, 2009)
  • Is OTC market needed? (January 12, 2009)
  • Banks to benefit from latest fiscal and monetary measures (January 03, 2009)
    Mentor
  • Revenue sharing at malls (May 25, 2009)
    Money & Banking
  • Crisis Management — Effect on the RBI’s balance sheet (November 19, 2009)
  • Managing risk and performance (November 19, 2009)
  • Bits, bytes and benefits (November 17, 2009)
  • Return of India’s gold (November 16, 2009)
  • Dollar as common currency (November 13, 2009)
  • Is it the right time to purchase gold? (November 09, 2009)
  • Floating the yuan (November 09, 2009)
  • Monetary policy and fiscal consolidation (November 04, 2009)
  • Central banks’ ‘in’dependence (October 31, 2009)
  • Forex risk management (October 26, 2009)
  • Common currency: Pitfalls and prospects (October 26, 2009)
  • Not yet time for tight money policy (October 24, 2009)
  • Time to ease up on monetary throttle (October 23, 2009)
  • Global imbalances: Remarkable reversal (October 20, 2009)
  • A tale of coins (October 13, 2009)
  • Capital controls no longer taboo (October 13, 2009)
  • China’s style and yuan’s ambition (October 10, 2009)
  • Removing the ‘Punch Bowl” (October 09, 2009)
  • Why India does not need the World Bank loan (October 07, 2009)
  • Who needs the IMF? (October 07, 2009)
  • Why insurance curbs make sense (October 01, 2009)
  • Preventing banks from folding up (October 01, 2009)
  • Agricultural insurance – challenges and way forward (September 22, 2009)
  • Bankers are not in a high-wage island (September 22, 2009)
  • Monetary dilemmas at ‘exit’ time (September 19, 2009)
  • The colour-blind Swiss (September 16, 2009)
  • Taxing times for life insurance (September 12, 2009)
  • A seedy ratio? (September 10, 2009)
  • Look no further than the Turner Review (September 09, 2009)
  • Bernanke’s continuance in the Fed (August 31, 2009)
  • Micro-insurance needs technology push (August 28, 2009)
  • Lessons from crisis for Fund-Bank (August 22, 2009)
  • Healthcare as business (August 22, 2009)
  • Are we inflation insensitive? (August 19, 2009)
  • The RBI and the gorilla (July 30, 2009)
  • Striking an interesting balance (July 16, 2009)
  • Asset prices: More deficit sensitive than traditional inflation? (July 15, 2009)
  • Banking on unique identifier (July 13, 2009)
  • Pranab strikes balance between aggressive growth and equity (July 09, 2009)
  • Inflation measures: Incomplete, irrelevant? (July 08, 2009)
  • The policy hurdles NBFCs face (July 06, 2009)
  • Global imbalance: More cultural, less economic (June 24, 2009)
  • `e' or no `e'. (June 22, 2009)
  • Reducing overhead costs in banks (June 18, 2009)
  • India must bank less on regulation (June 18, 2009)
  • Stress test won’t help US banks (June 11, 2009)
  • Will low interest rates mean reduced costs for firms? (June 10, 2009)
  • Test the quality of govt spending (June 10, 2009)
  • Link infrastructure investments and retirement savings (June 03, 2009)
  • Exchange rates in developing Asia (June 02, 2009)
  • Wanted smart government, policies (May 20, 2009)
  • Perilous state of the dollar (May 19, 2009)
  • Tax holiday for banks in SEZs (May 02, 2009)
  • Can rewards be rewarding? (April 26, 2009)
  • More of a stop-gap policy (April 22, 2009)
  • Grey areas in debt recovery proceedings (April 21, 2009)
  • The fall and rise of IMF (April 20, 2009)
  • Credit Crunch 2? Or Credit Catch-22? (April 17, 2009)
  • Any Teller Machine (April 01, 2009)
  • End of dollar’s hegemony? (March 31, 2009)
  • How banks can reduce toxic assets (March 30, 2009)
  • Mark-to-market (March 26, 2009)
  • Bring back credit guarantee (March 20, 2009)
  • Will US banks go back to the roots? (March 18, 2009)
  • US economy: Could recession turn depression? (March 11, 2009)
  • When is a bank a bank? (March 04, 2009)
  • Is capitalism passé? (March 04, 2009)
  • Centre’s stimulus, RBI’s headache? (February 28, 2009)
  • Whatever’s happened to global banking? (February 24, 2009)
  • Banks under taxman’s scrutiny (February 14, 2009)
  • The RBI: Down memory lane (February 13, 2009)
  • Monetary policy is not for children (February 11, 2009)
  • Coping continuously, at Scope (February 09, 2009)
  • Coping continuously, at Scope (February 09, 2009)
  • Protecting core entities (February 06, 2009)
  • Well-modulated Monetary Policy (January 30, 2009)
  • NBFCs’ tale of woes (January 20, 2009)
  • Six cities account for 46% of bank deposits (January 12, 2009)
  • Treasury windfall for banks (January 07, 2009)
  • Currency board arrangement (January 05, 2009)
  • Micro-finance needs regulated growth (January 03, 2009)
  • The challenge before RBI (January 02, 2009)
    Opinion
  • Ancient dilemma (October 15, 2009)
  • Fear of transparency (September 07, 2009)
  • Attraction of approximations (April 10, 2009)
  • Bureaucracy in interregnum (March 02, 2009)
  • Bank chiefs in quest of solutions (February 02, 2009)
    The New Manager
  • Imagining a new India (February 02, 2009)
  • Brand India (January 05, 2009)
    Web Extras
  • A new dispute resolution mechanism (November 30, 2009)
  • Mentoring (November 30, 2009)
  • Can farm-in costs be amortised? (November 23, 2009)
  • The true and fair override (November 05, 2009)
  • Measuring audience behaviour (November 02, 2009)
  • The importance of CRM (October 12, 2009)
  • Advance pricing agreements (October 05, 2009)
  • Serving out exemptions (October 03, 2009)
  • Dissecting the capital gains tax proposals (October 03, 2009)
  • Board not on board (September 26, 2009)
  • Time to roll back MAT (September 26, 2009)
  • Empowering women (September 23, 2009)
  • One-person company (September 12, 2009)
  • Assessments, appeals (September 12, 2009)
  • Inflation rate inches up on costlier food (September 04, 2009)
  • Advances for capital goods (August 31, 2009)
  • Kaizen for continuous improvement (August 31, 2009)
  • RBI group suggests survey on consumer confidence (August 29, 2009)
  • A matter of trust (August 27, 2009)
  • Investment-linked tax incentives (August 22, 2009)
  • ‘There’s tension in the world economy now on who’s going to pull whom’ (August 19, 2009)
  • Sacred biodiversity (August 14, 2009)
  • Poor crop in India fuels speculation in global sugar (August 13, 2009)
  • Fear of trade (August 03, 2009)
  • Multiplexes stumble in Q1 earnings (August 03, 2009)
  • MAT amendments — from bad to worse (July 27, 2009)
  • Facilities management (July 27, 2009)
  • Six Sigma (July 13, 2009)
  • Challenges in lease accounting (June 08, 2009)
  • Energy studies now on the MBA menu (May 25, 2009)
  • Omnibus research solutions (May 25, 2009)
  • Forex losses – the dust settles (May 18, 2009)
  • Insurance is not a good investment option (May 04, 2009)
  • Credit card losses higher in India than in US (May 01, 2009)
  • ‘Fiscal consolidation targets tied to Centre-State relations’ (April 20, 2009)
  • ‘Congress will get 36 Lok Sabha seats from AP’ (April 20, 2009)
  • Options during a liquidity crisis (March 30, 2009)
  • Why HUF raises hackles (March 28, 2009)
  • Find toxic assets with analytics (March 23, 2009)
  • ‘No choice but to offshore’ (March 16, 2009)
  • Understanding different values (March 09, 2009)
  • Tax arbitrage phenomenon (March 02, 2009)
  • The ‘drop’ can only get bigger (March 02, 2009)
  • ‘Now is the time to prevent recurrence of chikungunya’ (February 23, 2009)
  • Concept of related party transactions (February 09, 2009)
  • Concept of related party transactions (February 09, 2009)
  • Unabsorbed depreciation (February 07, 2009)
  • Legally independent, factually dependent (February 05, 2009)
  • Ancient values for modern managers (February 02, 2009)
  • Obama’s speeches can be quick lessons in communication (February 02, 2009)
  • Framework for innovation (January 26, 2009)
  • Mild pick-up in Nov industrial growth offers hope (January 16, 2009)


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