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Articles 26021 through 26120 of 35809:
- Sebi To Tighten Share Allocation Norms To Qibs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Market regulator SEBI is likely to tighten norms for big investors like domestic and foreign financial institutions and mutual funds to make the investment process in public offers more transparent.
- Several Firsts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 19, 2005)
Karnataka will continue to be a pioneering state if it pays attention to infrastructure
- Left In The Lurch (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The Left has succeeded in forcing the UPA government to shelve a key element of the reforms: PSU disinvestment.
- Economics Of Mini Hydro Power Projects In J&k (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 18, 2005)
Chief Minister has recently announced that Rs 1400 crores were being invested in power sector for construction of hydro power plants with an aggregate capacity of 90 MW (at places it was said to be only 80 MW).
- Build Confidence In Book-Building (Telegraph, S. Murlidharan , Aug 18, 2005)
Too much faith is being placed on price discovery, says S. Murlidharan
- Divided Over Dividends (Telegraph, D. Murali , Aug 18, 2005)
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. That's a quote that's `mostly' attributed to Ambrose Bierce, though I'm sure historians may like to retort
- Wb Increases Assistance To Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 18, 2005)
Social progress not satisfactory'
- A Felicitous ‘facility’ For The Poor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Soulabhyam, a new initiative, aimed at financially supporting vendors and hawkers, was launched on Wednesday.
- Disinvestment Not On Backburner: Chidambaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that the government's asset sale programme was not on the backburner.
- Strategic Impasse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
That the strategic sale of 13 profit-making public sector units (PSUs) has been put off by the UPA government should come as no surprise.
- Sbi Formulates Global Strategy For Expansion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
With a view to meet the growing needs of foreign customers, the state bank of India has formulated an ambitious programme to expand its operations in many countries, including the United States and South Africa.
- The Economics In Dharma (Telegraph, K. Ramesh, Aug 18, 2005)
A citizen's right, the world over, is recognised by the country's legal system and national economic policies are framed keeping in mind such rights.
- Economic Rationale Of Foreign Aid (Telegraph, A. Vasudevan, Aug 18, 2005)
The debate on foreign aid and growth is back: Does it really help the recipient country or is it an instrument to spread the donor's influence? The agenda of multilateral institutions and nations is complex.
- Indian Investors Hear Warnings As Stocks Hit Peaks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Retail investors in Indian shares may be smiling all the way to the bank as indices hit record highs, but regulators are cautioning them against reckless investments so they don't get burned.
- India Most Cost-Competitive Outsourcing Centre: Study (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
India and the Philippines continue to remain the most cost-competitive offshore locations for contact centres in Asia Pacific despite fast-emerging competition in the region, says a survey report.
- Chidambaram Pinpoints Defects In Strategic Sale Of Psus (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Crossing swords with his predecessor Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday disputed NDA's claim on strategic sale of PSUs, saying it can never be a preferred route for disinvestment.
- Amd Plans Chip Facility In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The current user base of computers in the country is 15 million and AMD plans to set up its plant once this number touches 30 million.
- India, China, Tortoise, Hare (Asia Times, Aruni Mukherjee, Aug 18, 2005)
Consider, for a moment, a few haphazardly scattered jigsaw pieces of the India-China puzzle.
- Making The Best Of Foreign Loans (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 18, 2005)
Top persons in authority have spoken about the national debt reduction and the criteria for seeking new loans.
- Another Stain On India: (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Aug 18, 2005)
It is the kind of attention that India's burgeoning business and process outsourcing (BPO) industry could have done without, given the angst in the West against jobs being shifted to low-cost economies.
- Focus On Technical Training (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 18, 2005)
The Higher Education Commission and the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics have suggested to the government that it must diversify fast growing sectors such as engineering and electronics.
- Ongc Gets Lng Import Offer From Egypt’S Damietta Project (Financial Times, ANUPAMA AIRY, Aug 18, 2005)
The petroleum ministry is evaluating an offer to import one million tonne per annum of LNG from the Damietta project in Egypt. The offer has been made to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for an immediate offtake of one mtpa of LNG...
- India Inc: Beyond The Celebrations (Financial Times, Sourav Majumdar, Aug 18, 2005)
Deal season is truly upon us. India Inc is going on an acquisitions spree like never before, whether it is buying companies within India or overseas.
- Railways To Cut Down Re 1 In Second Class Passenger Fare (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Aug 18, 2005)
Hinting at further reduction in passenger fare, the Union Minister for Railways Laloo Prasad Yadav has said that the recent one rupee reduction in second class fares was a signal to the people to prove that the Railways is ready to cut down on passenger..
- Transport Dept's Initiative For Better Infrastructure (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The Karnataka Transport Department has planned five initiatives, including a Rs 130 crore project for better infrastructure, State Transport Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said today
- Ongc Sees Normal Bombay High Output By April (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) expects its Bombay High field to resume normal output of 261,000 barrels per day by April, a senior government official told, on Wednesday.
- Bsnl Will Be No 1 Soon, Says Maran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Dayanidhi Maran said 40 lakh phone lines will be added in the South zone alone in the next three months.
- No Damage Done (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 17, 2005)
Mutual funds moving out of IT to other scrips
- Euro Zone In Dire Straits (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Aug 17, 2005)
The stunted economic growth, the poor investment flows and the high unemployment levels (over 20 million) have prompted analysts to wonder if the gloom over the Euro Zone — comprising countries that have adopted euro as their national currency — will rise
- Miserable With Money (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 17, 2005)
Sociological research is one area which cannot be stopped from taking up redundant posers and turning up familiar answers after elaborate theorising with an uncanny grasp of the obvious.
- Free Of Deities (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 17, 2005)
There are two names that inevitably crop up when the prime minister of India addresses the nation on the morning of August 15. One is Jawaharlal Nehru, and the reference most often is to his “tryst with destiny’’ speech.
- Killing Spree (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 17, 2005)
THE killing of a Congress MLA, his son, two officials and six others by Naxalites in Mahbubnagar district’s Narayanpet is the biggest such attack since the Andhra Pradesh government lifted the ban on the extremists.
- External Sector — Growing Strengths, Emerging Challenges (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 17, 2005)
The growing strength of the external sector in recent years has provided the conditions for accelerating the pace of liberalisation.
- Surge In Exports And Fdi Flows (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
Conducive climate for investment: Kamal Nath
- All-Round Growth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 17, 2005)
Business Standard / New Delhi August 15, 2005
- And The Second Leg? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 17, 2005)
The Prime Minister managed to sound a purposeful note in his Independence Day address from Red Fort in the capital.
- Lower Gear (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
While most of the auto industry continues to remain in denial, there is little doubt that the sector appears headed for a suddenly bumpy road.
- The Pappus Of Kolkata (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Aug 17, 2005)
A remnant of the Raj — the hand-pulled rickshaw — will soon disappear from the streets of Kolkata.
- End Of The Road (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2005)
Kolkata is soon to be divested of what is arguably its most resilient metaphor.
- Elephant Slowly Inching Ahead Of The Dragon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
India’s long-term potential may be greater than China’s as the Communist giant faces a shrinking work force due to its one child policy, according to Business Week Online.
- Will King Abdullah Keep Saudi Economy Well-Oiled? (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Aug 17, 2005)
Winds of change are set to sweep across the dunes of Saudi Arabia. With the death of King Fahd, his half-brother Abdullah, who has taken over, is expected to fan this wind so that the desert kingdom keeps pace with an accelerating global economy.
- Car Sales To Grow 14% This Fiscal: Cmie (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
According to the economic think-tank, Indian automobile sector is expected to the entry of several foreing players in small car segment in the next one-two years.
- Bill On Banking Sector Reform Introduced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
Government to retain majority stake in public sector banks
- Luxury Cars, High-End Cycles Identified For Export Thrust (Hindu, Indrani Dutta, Aug 17, 2005)
Need for expanding the basket of thrust commodities
14 new products notified
15 p.c. annual growth seen in engineering exports
EEPC ropes in Ferguson
- Renewable Energy Sources Coming Of Age (Hindu, Ashok Parthasarathi, Aug 17, 2005)
With world prices of crude oil rising steadily, renewable energy sources are becoming more competitive and viable for the mass market.
- Sick Psus To Be Wound Up, Says Fm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
The finance minister said that the government had been giving grant to sick companies to pay dues of their employees but this could not go on indefinitely.
- Exports Up 27 Per Cent At $7.2 Billion: Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
The Centre is planning to introduce a bill in Parliament to discontinue Rs 100 crore of cess on exports of agricultural commodities.
- Ensuring Energy Security (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 16, 2005)
It has by now become customary for the President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, to raise, on formal occasions of state, issues of direct relevance to the country's economic progress.
- No Shock (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
China and India save the world from oil-led inflation
- Koizumi Casts Reform Net Far And Wide (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 16, 2005)
Outwardly, the core electoral issue is privatisation, which Mr. Koizumi has chosen as the cornerstone of his overall economic reforms agenda
- Awaiting The Oil After-Shock (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 16, 2005)
With headlines tracking the ever-rising price of oil, the lack of any major effect of the shock on global growth has become the subject of discussion and speculation. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the factors driving the oil price and the l
- What Freedom Means (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2005)
The PM has stressed on fair sharing of economic benefits
- Fdi Flow To Asian Countries Will Slow Down’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
The FDI flow to India and other Asian countries will slow down with the US expected to hike the interest rates in the second half of the year, according to Dominique Dwor-Frecaut, director of Asia Research, Barclays Capital, Singapore.
- Tata Steel Eyeing Acquisitions In South-Eastasia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Tata steel on Monday said it was eyeing a second overseas acquisition in South-East Asia this year and would continue to look at further pickings.
- India Inc Justifies Bull Run; Attributes It To Foreign Funds (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Majority of India's top CEOs do not consider the stock market overheated at 7800 points and attribute the bull run to persistent inflow of foreign funds, robust corporate results and globalisation of Indian economy.
- Pm Warns Ultras Of ‘hard Response’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has promised full assistance to the flood-hit states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
- Manmohan: Half-Hearted Steps By Pakistan Won't Do (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Our vision is growth that would improve the life of common man
Golden Quadrilateral to be six-laned
Corruption in government not to be tolerated
Pay reasonable price for electricity
No child to be deprived of primary education
- Interest Rates Should Remain Stable: Cmie (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Depsite a buoyant capital market corporates are taking the loan route to fund their expansion plans, finds the review.
- Ispat Buys Up Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
$300 m deal for largest steel plant in Bulgaria
- `Expand Textile Trade With Italy' (Hindu, S. Varadharajan, Aug 16, 2005)
Trade in garments and textiles is set to grow tremendously between India and Italy in the post quota regime, according to Sauro Mezzetti, Chairman, Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- Imf And The International Financial System (Hindu, A. Vasudevan, Aug 16, 2005)
Fischer on the role of the IMF and the reform of the international financial system, macroeconomic policy, stabilisation and transition, and poverty and development
- Foreign Companies In India Making Profits' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Majority keen to expand business in India
- Inspiring Words (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 16, 2005)
There is a measure of convergence in the speeches of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the occasion of Independence Day.
- Wholesale Gains From Fdi In Retailing (Business Line, Deepankar Sanwalka, Aug 15, 2005)
The retail boom in China and some of the South-East Asian economies throws up some startling similarities and some stark differences and, of course, a few lessons for India.
- A Green Revolution For Energy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 15, 2005)
Soaring crude prices have made it imperative for us to make a conscious effort to drastically reduce our dependence on petroleum and its by-products.
- Few Options Over Oil Price (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Aug 15, 2005)
Tough task of spreading burden
It is a fact that the Centre and States are overwhelmingly dependent on petro taxes
- Sme Package: Lingering Lacunae (Hindu, P. M. Mathew, Aug 15, 2005)
The basic issue is a lack of vision of the Government on the role of a vital sub-sector of the economy
There is need for a professional approach to SME policy through proper coordination of initiatives of different agencies
- President Calls For Energy Independence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
"Entrust the job to young leadership to achieve the objective in 25 years"
Need to minimise import of fossil fuel stressed
Larger reliance on solar energy suggested
- Kalam Asks Ongc To Hike Output (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
Diversify into renewable energy development
Make efforts to contribute 50 p.c. of oil, gas needs, he says
Underground coal gasification another promising area for the oil corporation
- Square Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
In the name of Lord Dalhousie
Bengal’s Governor-General (1848-56) would have balked at the thought that the city’s nerve centre,
- President Calls For Energy Independence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
"Entrust the job to young leadership to achieve the objective in 25 years"
Need to minimise import of fossil fuel stressed
Larger reliance on solar energy suggested
- 'Time Has Come To Make History' (OutLook, Man Mohan Singh, Aug 15, 2005)
'There are no external constraints on our development. If there are any hurdles, they are internal,' says the PM in his address directed at the aam aadmi with the slogan of 'Rozgar Badhao'
- Energising Self To Take On The Power Challenge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
With country’s power sector throwing open several business opportunities for players, India’s power equipment manufacturer — BHEL is gearing up to corner a major share of the market, finds ADITYA RAJ DAS.
- Where Is World Oil Headed? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 15, 2005)
There are differences among specialists about which way oil prices will go. As past events have proved, to a large extent, the price level is determined by the expectations of the futures investor and, perhaps,
- Crisis In Niger — Acute Poverty In A World Of Plenty (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Aug 15, 2005)
The looming humanitarian crisis in Niger is mostly the result of the tragic failure to effectively tackle the distributive problems in the global village of plenty.
- Centre And The States — A New Compact (Indian Express, N K Singh, Aug 14, 2005)
Last week, I wrote about the Central Government focusing on their achievements and inadequacies.
- Black Gold Becomes More Gold (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 14, 2005)
Oil prices have raced to record highs of about 67 dollars on Friday a barrel due to increasing demand and lack of spare capacity cushion to production and refinery. The International Energy Agency has cut its estimates of non-Open supply growth while . .
- Governance Key To `Equitable Growth' (Hindu, M.G. Devasahayam, Aug 14, 2005)
Only in a decentralised scheme of decision-making and implementation can there be meaningful participatory development
- Arguments For A Better World (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 14, 2005)
Amartya Sen's new book, The Argumentative Indian, is an original journey into the history of ideas. He says India's traditions of democratic discussion and secularism stretch back longer than we care to think. Excerpts from an interview.
- Hpcl To Set Up New Refinery On East Coast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2005)
HPCL is also in the race to build a refinery in Rajasthan to process crude oil discovered by Britain’s Cairn Energy.
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