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- Sonia, Indra Among 10 Powerful Women (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
President Kalam talks with Pratibha Patil as PM Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi look on at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Panel On N-Deal No Win, No Loss For Left: Cpm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
A day after Left leaders claimed that the agreement with the Congress on the formation of a committee to look into the Left's objections to the India-US civil nuclear deal meant that the deal was put on hold, the CPI(M) has said that there is . . . .
- A Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Philip Bowring, Sep 01, 2007)
There was much celebration in Malaysia to mark the day 50 years ago when the new nation was born out of the British-ruled states of the Malay peninsula. But was it?
- 'Sez Protests Have Little Impact On India's Fdi Zeal' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
India continues to be an attractive foreign direct investment (FDI) destination to foreign investors despite controversies over special economic zones (SEZs), a global investments expert said.
- Sonia, Indra Nooyi Among World's 10 Most Powerful Women (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi has been placed sixth, a notch behind Indra Nooyi, the Indian American chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo, in the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women.
- Hedge, Private Equity Funds May Pull Out: Rbi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
The Reserve Bank of India has warned that hedge funds and private equity funds, which are major investors in emerging market economies like India, could pull out of these markets, in the face of the continuing crisis in the US mortgage market . . . .
- Roadblock For Icici, Sbi? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2007)
The country’s top bureaucrats and financial regulators clearly don’t talk to each other. That is the only conclusion one can draw from the timing of RBI’s discussion paper on holding companies in banking groups.
- Sonia, Nooyi Among World's 10 Powerful Women (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi has been placed sixth, a notch behind Indra Nooyi, the Indian American chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo, in the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women.
- On A Wing And A Plan (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Aug 31, 2007)
The race in the arms market has just speeded up for the procurement of the next fighter for the Indian air force in what has been called the ‘mother of all deals’ to buy 126 multi-role combat aircraft.
- India May Lose Services Edge In Wto Bargain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
In a move which could shrink India's negotiating space on service sector liberalisation at the WTO, members of the multilateral trade body have opted to delink talks on opening up sectors like finance, telecom and more visas for IT . . . . .
- Holding Banks Back? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 30, 2007)
In its concern for regulation, the RBI discounts the ambition in Indian banks to think big. Its model may hamper growth, rather than give it free rein.
- Cut The Red Tape (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 29, 2007)
New businesses might at last find it easier to start operations in India. Shaken by a recent World Bank report that ranks India at 134 out of 175 countries in terms of ease of doing business, the government wants to reduce the time taken to secure . . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Aug 29, 2007)
The latest warning to the UPA government from the Left should leave nobody in doubt.
- Higher Education Has Empty Coffers (Asia Times, J.S. Rajput, Aug 29, 2007)
In education, certain aspects like expansion of higher education and resource mobilisation are being considered by the government.
- Sino-Indian Trade: Growing Concern (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 28, 2007)
A ballooning trade deficit with China means that grey clouds are threatening to mar the sunshine that India-China trade has been spreading in its wake thus far.
- Indian M&as Fail To Fructify (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
India has emerged as Asia-Pacifics second-biggest target after China in terms of official or unofficial intentions expressed for takeover deals from across the world this year,according to a study by international M&A deals tracking firm Mergermarket..
- Advice From Practitioners (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 28, 2007)
Last week, just before the CPI(M) Central Committee meet to discuss the Indo-US nuclear deal was to start in New Delhi, in Kolkata, from where the Left Front actually governs a state, CPI(M) leaders went on record rubbishing any notion of bringing . . . .
- Traders Welcome U.P. Ban On Big Retail Chains (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Though groups of small retailers, traders and consumer organisations have welcomed the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to ban chains of big retail stores, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has come out in support of the corporate. . .
- Making And Marring Policies: The Silent Middle (Deccan Herald, S.L. Rao, Aug 25, 2007)
People are not looking for immediate transformation in life, but are satisfied if policies move towards that direction says . . . .
- Accounting Realties And Complexities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2007)
With the opening up of the real-estate industry, there has been an increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the sector.
- On How To Set Up Business In Russia (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2007)
Many foreign investors find Russia to be a rather peculiar country to do business in, mainly on account of the national specifics — right from issues of administrative regulations to business psychology and ethics.
- India Gets $801m Of Vodafone-Hutch Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Vodafone's buyout of Hutchison's stake in Hutch Essar, which fetched Hutch a near 700% return on its equity investments in India, has become a telling example of India's failure to attract and retain large-scale FDI in telecom.
- Rs. 1,079 Cr. Fdi Proposals Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
The Central Government on Tuesday approved the proposal of Blackstone GPV Capital Partners Mauritius V-B Ltd. to bring in Rs. 447.20 crore as foreign direct investment (FDI) into an operating-cum-holding company, SKR BPO Services. . .
- Global Malady (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2007)
Just when everyone thought that riding on the country's robust economic growth, the stock markets in India would maintain their upward journey,a rude shock came in the form of a financial disaster originating from far off USA.
- Govt Nod For 20 Fdi Projects (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
The Centre, on Tuesday, approved 20 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 1,078.65 crore, including ICICI Banks plan to induct Rs 214 crore through the foreign direct investment route.
- India, Japan Inching Closer To Trade Pact (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
India and Japan today stepped up the pace for increased bilateral economic co-operation with the Union Minister for Commerce, Mr Kamal Nath, stating that both countries were close to finalising the economic agreement pact.
- Stronger Rupee — What It Means For Fdi Growth (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 22, 2007)
With GDP poised to grow annually at 10 per cent in the next five years, FDI will play a key role in sustaining this growth. And given the rise in rupee value, telecommunications, electronics, automobile and banking are the front-runners in the. . .
- Centre Clears 20 Fdi Proposals (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
Government today approved 20 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 1,078.65 crores, including ICICI Bank's plan to induct Rs 214 crores through FDI route.
- Japan And India To Announce Partnerships And New Business Initiatives (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
India and Japan, scrambling to build closer economic ties as China's might grows, are expected to announce a spate of partnerships and new business initiatives as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan visits India this week.
- Arrest Cannot Deter Fight: Uma Bharti (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Bhartiya Janshakti Party leader Uma Bharti today asserted that she was not bothered even if she was arrested for the cause of saving Ram Sethu from destruction for the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project.
- India, Japan Should Focus More On Trade, Investment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
‘Economic interest should overcome political interest to build relationship’
- Stress On Comprehensive Economic Agreement (Business Line, N. Krishnaswami, Aug 21, 2007)
Prime Minister Abe’s visit
Given the big strides in economic co-operation between India and Japan in the last few years, and the 2006 meeting between the two Prime Ministers taking bilateral relations forward to a “strategic and global. . .
- Fdi Pours In, But Where? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The inflows are not going to the sectors that need them the most — infrastructure, power and agro-based industry.
- 'China's Interest Is Our Interest' (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 21, 2007)
The current opposition of the leftist parties--particularly, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)--to the agreement (the so-called 123 agreement) with the US on civil nuclear co-operation and to India's developing strategic relations . . . . .
- Japan Woos India With Funding Pledges (British Broadcasting Corporation, Shilpa Kannan, Aug 21, 2007)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India, which begins on Tuesday, comes at a crucial time in economic relations between the two countries.
- The Manchurian Candidates (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The current opposition of the Left to the Indo-US nuclear deal and to India’s developing strategic relations with the US takes one’s mind back to the days before the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India in November last year.
- Chinese Whispers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Sections of the government believe that the Left's campaign against the Indo-US nuclear deal is inspired by Beijing.
- Fdi Inflow Crosses $10 Billion Mark (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
The FDI equity inflows during 2006-07 stood at $15.7 billion, as compared to $5.5 billion received during 2005-06, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said.
- A Reticent Rbi Succumbs (Frontier Post, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Aug 18, 2007)
THOUGH still remote and unintelligible to the ordinary citizen, the annual statement on and quarterly reviews of monetary policy by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) receive much attention from the Finance Ministry, the financial sector and the media.
- Fdi Inflow Trebles In First Half At $11.4 B (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the country have more than trebled in the first six months of calendar year 2007 to $11.4 billion as compared to inflows of $3.6 billion received in same period last year, registering a growth of 218 per cent.
- Rupee, Sensex Move In Tandem On Volatile Day (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
When stocks rise, bonds normally fall (yields rise) and when stocks fall, bonds rise (yields fall).This is a typical market scenario.
- ‘Press Should Respond To New Challenges’ (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 18, 2007)
Indian newspapers have “performed invaluable democratic functions somewhat better than the other news media” since Independence. However, journalism, especially the print media, “needs to respond better than it is doing today in India to the . . . . .
- Icici Bank Gets Fipb Nod To Divest 24% Stake In Insurance Co (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared a proposal by ICICI Bank to divest 24 per cent stake in ICICI Financial Services, the bank’s holding firm for insurance business, in favour of foreign players.
- Pervez To Elect Self At ‘Any Cost’ (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Aug 18, 2007)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he will get himself re-elected by October 15 "at any cost" from the present Assemblies.
- Japan’S Rising Yen For India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 18, 2007)
The visit of Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, to India on August 20 is expected to take forward the idea of a comprehensive India-Japan strategic partnership — first conceived during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Tokyo last December.
- India's Military Eyes Private Options (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
It looks as if the defense-modernization exercise of neighbors India and China may be increasingly driven by private enterprise.
- Turkey's Choice (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 17, 2007)
The ruling party led by moderate Islamists returns in Turkey with a resounding margin.
- Fdi Regime, Opaque As Ever (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
Since 1991 the government has issued hundreds of press notes and a maze of clarifications and releases, still the FDI policy and its implementation lacks basic clarity about fundamental objectives and the political courage to implement the same.
- Fdi Regime, Opaque As Ever (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 16, 2007)
Since 1991 the government has issued hundreds of press notes and a maze of clarifications and releases, still the FDI policy and its implementation lacks basic clarity about fundamental objectives and the political courage to implement the same.
- Increasing Disconnect Between Economy And Stock Market (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 16, 2007)
The country’s capital market is increasingly influenced by global developments because of the active participation by FIIs and big corporates’ growing appetite for global borrowings.
- Singh Vows To Quit As Nuke Deal Stalls (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Dr Singh's threat yesterday was a response to trenchant opposition to the deal from leftist and communist parties within the UPA coalition, which is dominated by the Congress party.
- Why I Put My Money On The Elephant Over The Dragon (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
With the sixtieth anniversary of independence, enthusiasm for India in the West is at an all-time high.
- Profiling Pakistan At 60 (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, Aug 14, 2007)
THE achievement of Pakistan was something of a miracle. The demand for a separate Muslim homeland was opposed tooth and nail by the Hindu majority, which had India’s best organised party, the Congress, led by the formidable Mahatma Gandhi, and. . . . .
- Cries And Whimpers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 14, 2007)
It's a punch that should have been delivered long ago. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, tiring of the Left's tactics of enjoying power without responsibility, has dared them to bring down the government if they really feel, as strongly as they claim . . . .
- It’S The Housing Bust, Stupid (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Central banks the world over have pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into banking systems suddenly short of liquidity in the wake of the subprime mortgage problem that has spread from the US to all continents.
- India’S External Situation — Fallout Of The Rupee Rise Cannot Be Ignored (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 13, 2007)
At the time of its annual and half-yearly monetary policy statements, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) routinely comes out with a competent and elaborate analysis of the macroeconomic developments of the period under reference.
- Villages Log On To Escape Bribery And The Clutches Of The Last Raj (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
When S.R. Kumaraswamy, a farmer in south India, needed to collect his driving licence last month, he braced himself for the usual struggle with a venal and slothful bureaucracy.
- India At 60: Special Report (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Ten miles south of Delhi, where the dusty scrub has been cleared and replaced by an ocean of quick-setting concrete, India is road-testing a new vision of its future.
- Stock Market And Global Cues (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 11, 2007)
Rational investor behaviour can be grounded not just in the perfect knowledge of actions of others but also in the perception of their prospective behaviour.
- India's Yin And Yang 60 Years After Independence (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
India will turn 60 on Wednesday. In a speech that for Indians resonates as powerfully as Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address for Americans, nationalist leader and founding Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared that at midnight . . . .
- Don’T Bank On A Bail-Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 10, 2007)
There is a spin being given to the latest increase in the cash reserve ratio (CRR) last week. It is that the Reserve Bank had no alternative because the commercial banks were drowning in liquidity following the conversion of billions of dollars on . . . .
- India Seeks Fdis From Gulf: Min (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
India, which is wooing foreign investment in all sectors especially in infrastructure, is eying FDI's from the cash-rich Gulf region.
- The New Monetary Policy (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 10, 2007)
THE monetary policy for the fiscal year 2007-2008 has been announced by Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Dr Shamshad Akhtar.
- Foreign Remittances — Growing With The Flow (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Aug 10, 2007)
The phenomenon of migration and remittances, without doubt, has been Without doubt, migration and remittances have been among the greatest integrators and levellers levelers of the 20th century.
- Caught In The Muddle (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 10, 2007)
In almost all discussions or articles about India’s appeal as an investment destination, one prominent selling point is “rule of law”.
- Speed-Breakers In Trade Talks (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2007)
New Delhi’s giving in to the auto sector’s demand for continued protection by retaining tariff walls may become a friction point in the India-Asean FTA.
- Wal-Mart And Bharti To Launch Wholesale Stores In India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Indian telecom firm Bharti Enterprises and US-based retail giant Wal-Mart on Monday announced a 50:50 joint venture for a new chain of wholesale stores in India to serve small retail shops.
- Wal-Mart May Cause Culture Clash (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, announced its entry into India yesterday through a cash-and-carry joint venture with Bharti Enterprises, the industrial group that owns the country’s largest mobile phone network.
- Leads, Lags And The Current Account (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 08, 2007)
Just as the level of outstanding trade credit affects the stock of external debt, changes therein need to be accounted in the BoP data.
- Value Proposition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 08, 2007)
Exporters are realising that protecting margins is not as important as finding new markets and moving up the value chain.
- Wal-Mart May Cause Culture Clash (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, announced its entry into India yesterday through a cash-and-carry joint venture with Bharti Enterprises, the industrial group that owns the country’s largest mobile. . .
- Raise The Ecb Cap, Says The Govt (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2007)
The finance ministry’s reported move to increase the annual cap on external commercial borrowing (ECB) illustrates the dilemma facing the government.
- Economic Governance, Key For Further Development (Business Line, Bhanoji Roa, Aug 07, 2007)
Some academicians and policy-makers believe that the present tempo of investment and economic growth in India will not continue for long unless there is a visible and enduring change in governance, in general, and economic governance, in particular.
- Wal-Mart And Bharti To Launch Wholesale Stores In India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Indian telecom firm Bharti Enterprises and US-based retail giant Wal-Mart on Monday announced a 50:50 joint venture for a new chain of wholesale stores in India to serve small retail shops.
- Labour Pains (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Finance minister P Chidambaram claims the government is shooting for double digit GDP growth, but its own labour ministry is busy setting up booby traps.
- Big Fiis Grab Shares Worth Rs 676 Crore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Jitters in overseas markets sent the domestic bourses crashing twice in the past eight days, but foreign investors were busy grabbing stocks here seeing attractive buying opportunities after the 1,000-point plunge.
- Dollar Doldrums (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
The credit policy statement last week didn’t address the difficult choice facing India today.
- Monetary Policy Review — Managing The Tide (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 04, 2007)
The First Quarter Review of Annual Monetary Policy for 2007-08 released by the Reserve Bank of India on July 31 created hardly any flutter. Many financial dailies and analysts had predicted the contours well in advance and were not disappointed.
- Tata Steel To Buy 35% In Australian Co Riversdale’S Mozambique Coal Project (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Tata Steel is to acquire a 35 per cent stake in Riversdale’s Mozambique Coal Project, located in the Tete province of Mozambique, for A$100 million.
- 3g: Auction Frequency Spectrum (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2007)
Trai’s suggestion that auction was the best way to allocate frequency spectrum is fundamentally sound.
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