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Saturday, December 29, 2001
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2001: Banks afloat in sea of liquidity
THE PERIOD from 1970-71 to 2000-01 has witnessed interest rates offered on deposits by banks rise and fall. In the early 1970s, the interest rate on deposits of 1-3 years was about 6 per cent. Interest rates on deposits between 3 and 5 years ... More

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WorldSpace sees big gains in the long run
DIGITAL DTH radio came into India with WorldSpace starting broadcasts on its AsiaStar beam in September 2000. With the brand catching the consumer's fancy, there will soon be much more on offer in terms of hardware and software at affordable ... More

CORPORATE


Difficult sail for India Inc
An era of intense competition has drained profits and managerial energies from a large number of enterprises, forcing them to look for strategic partners in any which way they can. The result has been a spate of restructuring, where existing business es have been sliced not so much in terms of homogenous business units but along distinct business processes. More

EDITORIAL


Steel up the ore policy
<12,10,0>IT IS TO be hoped that New Delhi will formalise fresh policy directions for mining and export of iron ore well before the WTO norms that envisage lifting of quantitative restrictions on its external trading come into effect, from 2003. ... More

POLITICS


Twice bitten, never shy?
THE saying, `once bitten, twice shy', probably, excludes politicians, who, despite being repeatedly proven wrong, still pursue their selfish goals at the cost of national interest. The recent Supreme Court judgment on December 11 on the Balco ... More

EDUCATION


Cure for an ailing education system?
R<152>ARELY do Parliamentary Committees take up issues of genuine public interest that also exert a crucial bearing on posterity, though the country's judiciary has been active in espousing public causes. In the winter session of Parliament, a ... More
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