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Loopholes in law put firm’s directors in a fix (15 September 11:29) |
| By K. Venugopal
Thiruvanthapuram
Directors of many firms are being hauled to court over cases involving dishonouring of cheques because of the lack of clarity in certain provisions of the ... |
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A dream team of specialists (15 September 11:28) |
| Arun Seth
The Early 1980s saw a raft of huge IT service contracts that became the blue print for the business world.
Today, however, enterprises want access to a wide range of outsourcing ... |
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Windfall tax can’t be levied on private firms (08 September 11:33) |
| T.N.R. Rao
A curious recommendation by the B.K. Chaturvedi Commission in its report on the levy of windfall tax on oil exploration and production (E&P) companies rela-tes to their careg... |
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In a sez pool (08 September 11:32) |
| Sajjan Jindal
Let me begin by saying that whatever has happened in West Bengal particularly at Singur is the most unfortunate thing at times when the entire State has emerged among the lead... |
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Investment + protection = Ulips (01 September 11:52) |
| N.S. Kannan
Consumers today have a variety of investment instruments available in the market to suit their investment needs. One of the systematic, long-term investment option gaining popul... |
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Mutual Funds edge out Fixed Deposits (01 September 11:51) |
| Arindam Ghosh
Every individual faces the dilemma of how to make their hard earned money grow. Historically, India has been one of the high saving nations in the world with as over 35 per ce... |
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In search of Divine Help (18 August 10:37) |
| Yogesh Mehendale
Last week, Mr Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, visited the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateshwara at Tirumala near Tirupati.
He was accompanied by Mr Krishna Kuma... |
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Saturn’s shadow on market (11 August 10:41) |
| Olga Tellis
Who can one blame for the current turbulent times in the economy and the stock markets in India and the world over? We all know what market analysts say about the seeds of troub... |
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It’s all for a favour (28 July 10:55) |
| Olga Tellis
It's the season of annual general meetings of companies and the "club" of about 12-15 shareholders has a field day. Most of them have just one or two shares in compani... |
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Air show flies over oil price (21 July 11:46) |
| Sarju Kaul
The week-long bia-nnual Farnborough Airshow, which ended on July 20, was a perfect blend of optimism and pessimism afflicting the global aviation industry. The 60th anniversary o... |
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Is the glass half empty or half full? (01 July 12:13) |
| Olga Tellis
Pessimism, acco-rding to Wikipedia, is from the Latin word pessimus. It means a decision to evaluate, perceive and view life in a generally negative light. Value judgements, it ... |
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Jewellers turn to ’60s, ’70s for inspiration (28 December 09:06) |
| Meanwhile | Anil Sharma
Jaipur: The new year will see the revival of 60s and 70s style jewellery. At least that's what jewellers in Jaipur are putting their money on.
The capital of Rajast... |
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Shock & ore: Fight for world’s mineral riches (08 December 11:19) |
| FOCUS I Matthew Lynn
Marius Kloppers is a man who has clearly learnt that business is like warfare in at least one respect: If you’re planning an attack, it might as well be done quickly.... |
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A journey from banyan tree to Dalal Street (19 September 12:13) |
| Olga Tellis
It all started under banyan trees and then a peepal tree, which stands till today. Around 1840, half a dozen brokers met under a banyan tree at the Town Hall a few furlongs away... |
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Which record will Sensex hit next? (25 July 10:29) |
| Olga Tellis
Mr Francis D’Souza, an ardent investor, took the news of the Sensex touching 15,000 as normal. "I had expected it and in fact, it touched a new high soon after that. The ... |
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Orissa for mineral reserves control (22 July 09:54) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Bhubaneswar: Orissa, Jharkhand and a few other mineral-bearing states are preparing for "decisive talks" with the Centre for the latter's "attempted bid&... |
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Plassey: Courage or humiliation? (22 June 10:41) |
| Subhasish Chaudhuri
Krishnanagar: Come June 23 and external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Plassey. The battle fought between the B... |
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Plan to strip-mine Goa dead, but politics alive (01 June 09:24) |
| Meanwhile | Pamela D’Mello
Panaji: A rescinded Regional Plan 2011 has taken centrestage in Goa’s poll campaign here, with political parties jockeying to gain maximum mileage and deflect... |
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Varsities to get uniform academic calendar (08 April 10:53) |
| Lakshmi B. Ghosh
New Delhi: University students across India will finally have an official academic season for studies, exams and fun. In an important decision, the University Grants Commis... |
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Rs 10 lakhs for injured child (08 April 10:52) |
| Rabindra Nath Choudhury
Bhubaneswar: President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has sanctioned a grant of Rs 10 lakhs for the treatment of six-year-old Debashis Bhoi, who suffered burn injuries after com... |
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Equity must embrace every single Indian (04 February 04:45) |
| L.C. Jain
Equity is no appeasement — a commitment to equity is one’s commitment to humanity" is the befitting answer the Prime Minister gave recently to politically inspired critic... |
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HSBC supports village B-school (08 January 04:41) |
| Olga Tellis
Mumbai: Naina Lal Kidwai, HSBC group general manager and country head in India, left her Mumbai home at 4 on a Saturday morning and drove five hours to Waduj village in Maharash... |
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