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February 27, 2003 |
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Jaswant to balance reforms and elections
In his maiden Budget to be presented on Friday, Jaswant Singh will be seen doing a tight rope walk between the conflicting concerns of reforms and elections.
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February 25, 2003 |
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Three days to B-day
The secrecy around the Budget-making exercise makes any and everybody an expert on the finance minister's mind, says A K Bhattacharya.
Brighter horizons for India Inc?
Falling interest rates, coupled with healthy price and volume increases have helped companies across sectors turn out a creditable performance in the third quarter of fiscal 2003, says Kripa Mahalingam and Gaurav Dua.
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February 24, 2003 |
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Rail minister's costly, unviable project
The minister's assurance that no new staff will be inducted has put the whole exercise in limbo, says R C Acharya .
Brighter horizons for India Inc?
Falling interest rates, coupled with healthy price and volume increases have helped companies across sectors turn out a creditable performance in the third quarter of fiscal 2003, says Kripa Mahalingam and Gaurav Dua.
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February 22, 2003 |
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CAShing in on the cable craze
There's a small problem about the set-top boxes that are the key element in the conditional access regime. There aren't any in India at the moment, says Surajeet Das Gupta.
Not in deficit's name
A reduction in the deficit rate involves either expenditures to grow less fast, or tax revenues to grow faster or the growth rate to accelerate, says Surjit S Bhalla.
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February 21, 2003 |
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For Indian businessmen, family is the first choice
Businessmen the world over may be handing over the reins to professionals, but for Indian entrepreneurs, retaining control over the business and passing it on to the next generation is still the driving passion, says Bhupesh Bhandari.
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February 15, 2003 |
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Big dreams ride on low-budget films
The message is clear: It's becoming tougher than ever before to score a megahit at the box-office, says Surajeet Das Gupta.
Earning while learning in the US
Stick to the rules and look out for opportunities, and your study stint in the US could be a learning experience, says Dimple Sampat.
Watch Sanath Jayasurya instead
This year, it is true, the implementation, or the lack of it, of the Kelkar report will make a major difference to the Sensex, says Sunil Jain.
Going for gold
Jewellery sales in India are usually less on the basis of design, and more on the bedrock of materials -- the weight of gold, the price per carat of stone, says Kishore Singh.
R&D coming to India, big time
Bipin Chandran finds out why Adobe is pouring resources into India at a time when cash is tight?
England's poor innings
The World Cup is in a mess and the ICC and its mandarins must be having sleepless nights as Rupert Murdoch and his lawyers visit them in nightmares every night, says V Krishnaswamy.
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February 13, 2003 |
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Dumping the US anti-dumping law
India should continue to be a leader of the developing world and project their point of view to safeguard their interests at the WTO ministerial meetings so that the developed world does not take advantage of its superior economy, says P K Vasudeva .
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February 11, 2003 |
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The dire fate of securitisation
Now that the law has been put in place, the financial institutions will take away the enterprises from the defaulters and sell them off, get their money back, and their NPAs will evaporate, says Ashok V Desai.
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February 10, 2003 |
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Debugging Kelkar proposals
The mid-year review suggests that there is a need for purposeful movement towards fiscal consolidation with a fiscal order that is of global standards, says Indu Jain.
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February 8, 2003 |
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Storming the Great Wall
Two years ago the Chinese manufacturing juggernaut made its first move to muscle into the Indian market, dangling fantastically low prices as bait on a range of goods from televisions to toys, says Surajeet Das Gupta .
Budget hijacked by the rich
Like those who vote for the Republicans in the US, the relatively affluent in India have hijacked the Budget, says T N Ninan.
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February 6, 2003 |
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The end of the 'class struggle'
Last month's steel restructuring package suggests that lenders have finally begun to approach loan defaulters more constructively, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Sovereign risk rating systems
Moody's reasoning of upgrading the sovereign risk is as obscure as the downgrading has been, says Sudhir Mulji.
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February 1, 2003 |
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The big online lottery biz
Is multi-millionaire Subhash Chandra about to strike it rich once again? It looks that way as millions of Indians queue up in the hope of making their fortunes at his Playwin online lottery counters.
Check-up for the future
As the cost of medical care rises, some hospitals are stepping forward and offering medical and accident insurance policies.
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January 31, 2003 |
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Derailing divestment
The government should give up control of PSUs rather than merely divest its shares, says Raghuram Rajan.
Golden handshake for Mizoram drivers
A few months ago, with the Rs 70 crore central assistance, Mizoram became the first state to offer the government employees the voluntary retirement scheme
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January 30, 2003 |
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Failure to industrialise efficiently
The greatest failure of post- Independent India is that it has not lived up to its promise in the 19th century, and become the workshop of the world.
Southern states head tax charts
If tax collection figures are anything to go by, the image of the law-abiding south Indian and the lawless north Indian appear to be largely correct.
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January 24, 2003 |
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Duel in dairyland
The stalwarts of the cooperative movement are squaring off for a fight as competition hots up between Amul and Mother Dairy.
One-day cricket: Beyond economics
One-day cricket is the hallmark of a strong brand as it has kept pace with spectator demands, says Madhukar Sabnavis.
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January 24, 2003 |
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Governance and value creation
The Governance and Value Creation rating places India at the top of governance practices in the world.
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January 22, 2003 |
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Jaswant Singh's 200 days
A K Bhattacharya assesses the retired major's performance at the helm of affairs in the finance ministry.
Song and dance of cricket
Major music companies are all set to ride the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 hype and storm the Rs 700-800 crore Indian music market.
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January 8, 2003 |
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The importance of being an NRI
Many NRIs are naturally fair-weather friends of India. If we do well, we would get their support. If we fail, they would desert us, says A K Bhattacharya
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