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A joyless marriage ends (09 July 12:00) |
| Even as frenzied debates raged on various TV channels on the fate of the United Progressive Alliance government following the withdrawal of support from the Left parties on Tuesday, the equi... |
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Inflation: Cause for concern, not panic (09 July 12:00) |
| While the rate of inflation measured in terms of the wholesale price index (WPI) crossing the double digit level, to 11.63 per cent for the week ended June 21, is no doubt a cause for concer... |
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IT’s all about re-training (09 July 12:00) |
| Last week, at the Nasscom Human Resources Summit in New Delhi, Mr Som Mittal, President of the industry body, told media-persons that the top five players in the IT industry could together s... |
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IT consulting: Five opportunity areas in retail (09 July 12:00) |
| The Indian economy has been on a high growth trajectory the last few years. Indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, per capita income levels, consumer awareness levels and th... |
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Collective suicide? (09 July 12:00) |
| On his way to Sapporo to attend the G8 summit, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, expressed concern at the lack of a concerted international response to a number of problems which the wo... |
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Startling new light on jihadis (09 July 12:00) |
| The passion with which academia and think-tanks in Western countries in recent years have been labouring to construct the profile of an average jihadi terrorist can only be called phenomenal... |
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Exotic derivatives (09 July 12:00) |
| The article ‘Will the RBI probe and unravel the derivatives scam?’ (Business Line, July 5), will perhaps prompt the RBI to take immediate action to uncover the extent of the derivatives ... |
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Wind power (09 July 12:00) |
| It is a good initiative on the part of the Government to have announced an incentive of 50 paise per unit of wind power produced and transmitted to commercial grids (Business Line, July 8). ... |
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SPin on the nuke deal (08 July 12:00) |
| The general rule of thumb is that those who stay in glass houses should not throw stones. But try telling this to our politicians! All hell has broken loose following the Congress successful... |
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The business side of education (08 July 12:00) |
| Education is an extremely lucrative business in India. As a source of demand for existing courses and as a location in which to establish organisations that provide training and certificatio... |
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Inflation is likely to remain high in the near term (08 July 12:00) |
| In India, many of the underlying factors driving inflation are not from the domestic side but from the external side. And it's very difficult to believe that monetary policy by itself can co... |
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The great fall (08 July 12:00) |
| Of all the professions that have evolved through centuries in the service of mankind, the one that has markedly fallen low from its high pedestal is the doctor’s. Greatly respected and hel... |
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Getting the measure of inflation (08 July 12:00) |
| The government’s move to construct a new consumer price index (CPI) for urban India, replacing the CPI for urban non-manual employees (UNME), has not come a moment too soon. The Reserve Ba... |
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Selling derivatives (08 July 12:00) |
| I am surprised that the entrepreneurs of Tirupur with such business acumen were not really able to comprehend the simple fact that nothing comes risk-free (Business Line, July 5). When I was... |
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A scale to apply eco-rating (07 July 12:00) |
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The organic option (07 July 12:00) |
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Oil price holds the key (07 July 12:00) |
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Pause and reflect (07 July 12:00) |
| The Left had never had it so good as when it was extending outside support to the UPA Government. It used to good purpose its political clout acquired by virtue of its numerical strength (60... |
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Healing the wrongs of the past (07 July 12:00) |
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Decline of ‘management’ (07 July 12:00) |
| “Management” as a system has lost its label and legitimacy in the current corporate scenario. It was highly successful during the several decades following the Industrial Revolution, and... |
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An opportunity (07 July 12:00) |
| The editorial “Food inflation and response” (Business Line, July 5) rightly points out that the present high food prices afford an excellent opportunity for reform and investment expansi... |
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Food inflation and response (05 July 12:00) |
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Private deals on public platform (05 July 12:00) |
| A stock exchange by definition enures for facilitating exit to investors who want to encash their holdings besides simultaneously being the entry point for those having the stomach for volat... |
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Capital gains — planning beyond investments (05 July 12:00) |
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Possession, execution and registration (05 July 12:00) |
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Will the RBI probe and unravel the derivatives scam? (05 July 12:00) |
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Tax implications of foreign house (05 July 12:00) |
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Towards sustainable, culture-friendly tourism (05 July 12:00) |
| It has been a challenging transformation: From being the land of the great Indian rope trick and snake charmers to one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world. The diverse a... |
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Transparency in real-estate index (05 July 12:00) |
| It is heartening to note that India has moved from Tier 4 (lower transparency) to Tier 3 (semi-transparent) index in the Global real estate transparency Index 2008 (Business Line, July 2, 20... |
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Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit (04 July 12:00) |
| This year’s G8 summit is to be held from July 7-9 in the picturesque Japanese resort town of Toyako, on the island of Hokkaido, under the chairmanship of the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Ya... |
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Borrowing more abroad (04 July 12:00) |
| The real picture on external commercial borrowing, especially rising short-term debt, is troubling, and could be further distorted by the uncertain economic outlook. |
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Flight incidents in India Dangerous cover-up of system failures (04 July 12:00) |
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Some prescriptions for a growth push (04 July 12:00) |
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Forex derivatives and ‘Armstrong’ Palanisamys (04 July 12:00) |
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Sugar decontrol (04 July 12:00) |
| The Government’s proposal on sugar decontrol and the decision to do away with release order is heartening, as the freedom to get a remunerative price was effectively curbed by taking away ... |
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Regulator’s neutrality a must to ensure level field (03 July 12:00) |
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Accountability of independent directors (03 July 12:00) |
| The ongoing global financial crisis has had its effect on a wide variety of persons and events. With losses mounting to more than $400 billion, financial companies have given pink slips to m... |
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GM dangers (03 July 12:00) |
| The editorial “Modified Controversy” (Business Line, June 28) focused on the urgent need to put the functioning of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) on an even keel. As r... |
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Rising inflation (03 July 12:00) |
| To combat rising inflation, policy-makers must remove the man-made hurdles. First, what must be avoided is the herd instinct of the manufacturers to increase the prices, even though the rise... |
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Bucking the trend (03 July 12:00) |
| The article “Why the Air-India-Indian Airlines merger needs to succeed’ (Business Line, July 2) was interesting. Even as re-branding and refurbishment exercises breathe fresh life into I... |
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The logic of hybrid vehicles (03 July 12:00) |
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Diversification across 4 Cs (03 July 12:00) |
| Mutual fund investments have always been about diversification. Indeed its core will always be diversification which is why the purists were appalled when regulators in India allowed sector-... |
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Why the Air India-Indian Airlines merger needs to succeed (02 July 12:00) |
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Changing tack on inflation (02 July 12:00) |
| India can meet the challenge of rising inflation by effecting savings in fuel use and plugging leaks in the public distribution system. |
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Right medicine for inflation (02 July 12:00) |
| What is happening under the banner of “war on inflation” launched on the June 25, 2008, the 33rd anniversary of the declaration of the infamous ‘Emergency’, reminded me of a delightf... |
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Is the Govt skilfully cornering the Left? (02 July 12:00) |
| “All that I want”, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, is reported to have said on the sidelines of a book release function on June 30, “is the authority to proceed with the process... |
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‘Time is right to invest in another float line’ (02 July 12:00) |
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Death and obliteration (02 July 12:00) |
| One hundred years ago, in the cold wastes of Siberia, the sky was suddenly lit up by a blinding flash which was followed by some milliseconds of eternity. When the momentary cataclysm was ov... |
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Avoid intervention (02 July 12:00) |
| The editorial “Retrograde step” (Business Line, June 30) rightly pointed out that the government would do well to stay away from the management of natural gas prices at the micro level. ... |
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Stumbling over substance (01 July 12:00) |
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