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| September 29, 2004 |
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The Left wins the first round
The way the Left has played its cards so far shows it is getting more political mileage than it would have if it had joined the coalition government, says A K Bhattacharya.
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| September 27, 2004 |
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Maruti 'getz' it in the neck
In the event, the government would be wise to exercise its "put" option, and force Suzuki to part with some real money to buy out its remaining stake.
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| September 25, 2004 |
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How to silence the Left
The suggestion that Congress and BJP team up may seem outlandish, but it can achieve great results, says T N Ninan.
The business of book reviews
If ever there was a business that survived on love and fresh air, this is it, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
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| September 24, 2004 |
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The hidden cost of job guarantees
The promise to make jobs a legal right of all citizens is a good idea on paper. The problem is that governments have seen these schemes as basically unemployment doles.
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| September 23, 2004 |
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Takeover fever in Indian banking
M&As are becoming all the rage among public sector banks, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay
China's red-hot consumer market
To a great extent, for a multinational, success in China means becoming different. This may mean introducing new products altogether. It may mean introducing new packaging.
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| September 22, 2004 |
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Maturing of the investor base
The fact that the TCS issue was driven by the domestic investor augurs well for the corporate sector, says A P
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| September 21, 2004 |
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And there are promises to keep
A huge gap currently exists between the government's big policy announcements and their actual implementation, says
The big threat to Indian autos
Indian entrepreneurs can't expect to hold their own against global competition by simply following strategies of the past, says R Jagannathan.
Upper middle class seceding from India
The upper middle class is simply not involved in India in the way the middle classes used to be even a decade earlier, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
The 'cheese' is moving in biz too
The movement is happening on account of diverse factors, some of which are obvious such as technology; the globalisation and internationalisation of business; freer trade of ideas, services and goods, etc.
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| September 20, 2004 |
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The letter of the law
The government needs to seriously apply its mind to the letter of the law, and not just make things up on the spirit it goes along, says Sunil Jain.
The tricks of the WTO trade
Once again, the developed countries are the winners. Not only have the developing countries let them walk away with all their trade-distorting farm subsidies intact, their protective ring around agriculture has emerged unscathed as well.
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| September 11, 2004 |
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Population growth? Who cares!
Barring motivated ideologues no one bothers, claims Surjit S Bhalla.
India, the 1% society
The average rate at which the key social indicators improve in the country works out to be slightly more than 1 percentage point each year, says T N Ninan.
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| September 10, 2004 |
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No place for job reservations
Reservation makes economic sense only when a chain of labour-intensive industrial units is set up.
The emperor's new clothes
Instead of the exim policy the government should think out a meaningful trade policy, says Abheek Barua
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| September 08, 2004 |
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Why IITs must be restructured
'As we move into the 21st century, the time has come for an introspective look at India's higher education intake methodology, as well as the vital roles that the IITs and IISc play in the dynamics.'
Hedge funds amid low returns
Despite the hedge fund boom, the logic of markets seems to dictate most of them are doomed to fail, A P
Spamming 'em back
Devangshu Datta on how to tackle the umpteen spam mails that we get
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| September 07, 2004 |
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State VAT: Some imperatives
To realise the benefits of VAT, some critical weaknesses need to be cured, says Amaresh Bagchi
A misnomer called 'merit'
Corporates need to spare a few crores every year to invest in affirmative action, says R Jagannathan
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| September 06, 2004 |
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Manmohan proposes, and disposes
As Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh increased the DPC guarantee to Rs 3,150 crore, says Sunil Jain
The political economy
The government should limit subsidies to only the really needy and use the money saved for real capital investment and jobs, says A V Rajwade.
Credit cards invite disaster
The purpose of credit cards is to spare people the bother and risk of carrying cash. But, more and more, credit cards are becoming an invitation to disaster in the hands of the imprudent.
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| September 04, 2004 |
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The China syndrome
By 2010-2015, Indian trade will need a substantial Chinese component to survive, says Devangshu Datta
Why do Indians have to pay more?
There is some way to go before we can truly say that the Indian consumer has at long last got his or her place in the sun, says T N Ninan.
Don't ask, don't tell
Poverty reduction in India is an unsung success story, says Surjit S Bhalla
Can India ever be a winner?
By 2012, India will be seen winning -- in the Olympics and elsewhere, says Arvind Singhal
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| September 01, 2004 |
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Why Kolkata Port has a future
In 2003-04, the Kolkata Port Trust clocked a growth of 15 per cent, compared to the 10 per cent growth recorded by all the major ports.
On economic theory and policies
To increase capital to agriculture, the ceiling on rates of interest for loans should be removed.
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