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Articles 26621 through 26720 of 35809:
- Needless Taxation (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 18, 2005)
Sucessive Finance Ministers in India have found it hard to resist the temptation of raising existing taxes and . . .
- Tonnage Tax Adds Weight To Indian Fleet (Business Line, M.P. PINTO, Jul 18, 2005)
India's shipping tonnage, which for 25 years seemed doomed to remain under 7 million tonnes, has crossed the magical figure of 8 million tonnes in a just a year.
- Upa Losing Its Shine (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Jul 18, 2005)
Unemployment is soaring. The Left-influenced economic policies yield neither equity nor growth
- Let A Thousand Poppies Bloom (Deccan Herald, Maia Szalavitz, Jul 18, 2005)
Licensed opium production would help in boosting Afghanistan’s economy and world drug research
- Policing The Big Boys Of Public Issues (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 18, 2005)
Why is the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) finding it so difficult to mandate a pro-rata allotment of shares in the institutional segment of public issues?
- We Won't Soon Forget That Smile (Yahoo! News, STEVE DUNLEAVY , Jul 18, 2005)
I DON'T know who said it but I will steal it any way: The tiniest candle burns brightest
- External Debt Not Alarming (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Jul 18, 2005)
There is no dearth of resources in India as well and although interest rates have bottomed out they have not started rising for most categories.
- Smes Doubt Efficacy Of Credit Rating (Hindu, B. Yerram Raju, Jul 18, 2005)
No assurance of softer rates and better terms for borrowers
- The Revolution Must Go On (Telegraph, ARITRO GANGULY, Jul 18, 2005)
Over 200 years after the fall of Bastille, the French fortress-prison remains relevant
- A Time For Introspection (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 17, 2005)
TO say that this is a tough time for those of Pakistani origin living in the UK would be an understatement.
- New Centres Of Privileges (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 17, 2005)
Pakistan and Italy on Friday reaffirmed opposition to any proposal for United Nations Security Council expansion, with increased permanent seats
- Enough Is Enough, Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 17, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Mushrraf has directed the law enforcement agencies to launch a countrywide campaign against the collection of donations,
- India Is Not For Sale, Says Manmohan (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jul 17, 2005)
Terrorism will figure in talks with U.S.
- G-4 Proposal: Chances For Compromise (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 17, 2005)
Nigeria signals intention to negotiate with other African Union nations
- Opening Up The Potential In Economic Cooperation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jul 17, 2005)
The visit does not hang on a single peg but would reaffirm the transformation in India-U.S. ties, says Shyam Saran
- Bajaj Auto Q1 Net Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2005)
Bajaj Auto has reported a net profit at Rs. 209 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2005 against Rs 164 crore in the corresponding quarter in previous fiscal, a growth of 27 per cent.
- Uncertain Futures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 16, 2005)
The government’s large pension liabilities are disturbing. Now get the PFRDA bill passed
- Satyam's Novel Solutions Lab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2005)
Emphasis to graduate from relationships to partnerships Graduation from relationships to partnerships
- Universities Are Too Important To Be Surrendered To Dictates Of The Market (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 16, 2005)
If your kid has finished school and is now entering university, you probably have new worries to lose sleep over.
- Collect Taxes Like The Bee — Gather Honey From Flowers Without Causing Pain (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 16, 2005)
Regarding tax, sage Ved Vyas in his famous epic Mahabharat said thus: "State Tax be such which should not prove to be a burden on the subject;
- No Special Dispensation (Business Line, R. Anand, Jul 16, 2005)
R. Anand on a recent clarification from the Haryana Government on VAT and leasing
- Frail Arguments For Tax Trail (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jul 16, 2005)
T. N. Pandey on how mere collection of information may not help the taxman
- Straw’S Tirade Against Madaris (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 16, 2005)
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Thursday said his country is concerned about what goes on in some, though not all, of the Madaris in Pakistan.
- Sizing It Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2005)
FIGURES released by the World Bank show that India is now ranked 10th among the world’s economies, in terms of absolute GDP.
- China Protests Japanese Move (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2005)
Tokyo approves oil and gas drilling in East China Sea
- Retool The Consumer Credit System (Business Line, Niranjan Krishnan, Jul 15, 2005)
Do you know that the home loan you took from a bank in one city, or town, could determine the interest rate on a proposed vehicle loan at a different bank in a different part of the country?
- Ipi Gas Pipeline Project (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 15, 2005)
The India-Pakistan Joint Working Group on the Iran gas pipeline project has agreed to push the plans to initiate work on the project at the earliest.
- Pipeline, Lifeline (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 15, 2005)
The project could transform South Asia’s geopolitics, although the snarls are many
- Business Tools For Individuals: Offshoring (Hindu, Ben Hammersley, Jul 15, 2005)
Big businesses are not the only ones who can benefit from sending work overseas. Individuals can make cost and time savings, too
- An Optimistic March Through History (Hindu, Sunil Khilnani , Jul 15, 2005)
This bracing sweep through Indian history and culture offers a tempered analysis of highly charged disputes surrounding the nature of Hindu traditions, Indian identity, the country's huge social and economic disparities, and its current place in the world
- Global Uncertainties On The Rise: Rbi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 15, 2005)
: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Y V Reddy said the global uncertainties had certainly increased than what the bank had evaluated earlier.
- Debt Sustainability Of States — A Package To Balance Revenue (Business Line, K Venkataramanan, Jul 15, 2005)
The advice of Shakespeare's Polonius was "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." That advice has been followed by governments — to modify Shakespeare's phrase — more in the breach, for they think they are, and indeed they are in some respects, differently p
- With Synergy, Differences Are Celebrated, Provided You Have The Energy (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 15, 2005)
Ever since the Krishnamurthy Committee submitted its energetic report to the Petroleum Minister,
- For More Growth, Get More Fdi (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jul 15, 2005)
Recognising the importance of foreign direct investment for economic growth, India has, among other things, entered into free trade agreements with Singapore and Thailand.
- It’S Not Just Getting Gas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2005)
India and Pakistan have finally agreed to move forward on the Iranian gas pipeline project.
- Andhra Pradesh Team To Visit Wolsberg (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Jul 14, 2005)
Will discuss with Volkswagen about Rs. 11-crore advance payment
- Pipeline: India, Pakistan Move Ahead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
To appoint financial consultants so as to enter into a framework agreement by Dec.
- The State Bank Of India — Going On 200 (Hindu, Amiya Kumar Bagchi , Jul 14, 2005)
The SBI should be allowed to go on being a bank for the big company and the small borrower, the e-savvy customer and the poor man seeking the help of another customer to fill up his bank scroll.
- Ordinance To Amend Cr.P.C. Coming (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Government shares lawyers' apprehensions, Jayalalithaa tells associations
- Indo-Thai Trade Pact To Cover 5,000 Products (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
The free trade agreement between India and Thailand, which covers 85 products, will soon be expanded to cover 5,000 products,
- Farmers Visit Krs, Kabini Reservoirs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Doubts of team from Tamil Nadu clarified, misunderstanding cleared'
- The Realities Of Offshore Services (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 14, 2005)
The "thematic essay" on offshoring of information technology (IT) services, which the annual review (2005) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has presented, holds valuable lessons for policy-makers in India.
- A Face-Saver At Best (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2005)
SO, Mr L.K.Advani may continue to be in the saddle after all. But it will be a mistake to think that he has won the day. Nor is there any guarantee that his tenure will be long enough to leave an impact.
- China Supports India's U.N. Bid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Beijing stand conveyed to visiting CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat
- Ambiguities Deter Fdi In Real Estate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Norms on underdeveloped plots need change
- Volkswagen Scam: Ap Govt Admits Payment Of Rs 11 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh government has confirmed that it made a payment of around Rs 11 crores as equity to a company without verifying its antecedents and even after six months of making the payment, it did not make efforts to get the share certificates of th
- Detecting The Discontents (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2005)
The suspected identity of the London bombers poses a challenge to civil society in Britain
- Sebi To Beef Up Surveillance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will put in place a comprehensive Integrated Market Surveillance System (IMSS) by February-March as part of efforts to keep a better vigil on the sudden surge or fall in share prices.
- Eu, Us Agree To Support G-20 Proposal At Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
The G-20 countries, of which India is a leading member, had strongly urged developed countries to dismantle the restrictive non-tariff trade barriers.
- Guns Of Kolkata: An Industry Fighting For Survival (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
It was an industry that used to be a very successful one even a few years back. Not any more today. The guns in Kolkata have stopped booming. Not in the real sense though, but in sales figures.
- Five Ways For Consultants To Improve Business Performance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 14, 2005)
YOU would agree that business is not what it used to be. "It used to be that a manager got up, arrived at (invariably) his office, managed the same processes, ticked the same boxes, talked to the same staff, day in and day out," recapitulates Management..
- Focus On The Future (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Jul 14, 2005)
THE world is only ten years old," wrote Tom Friedman in 1999, in his book The Lexus and the Olive Tree. The reference was to the demolition of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.
- Not Everything Need Show On Radar Screen (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jul 14, 2005)
The market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India is reportedly perturbed over the recent spate of bulk sale of shares of a few banking companies in negotiated deals that leave no imprint on the records of recognised stock exchanges in India. It
- Volkswagen Chase (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2005)
Customarily, it is the government that takes people for a ride.
- A Report Sans Energy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 14, 2005)
THERE WAS MUCH disappointment for those who expected big-bang recommendations from the high-profile Synergy in Energy Committee,
- Leather Industry Targets $5-Billion Exports By 2010 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Under the modernisation scheme, approved by the Cabinet on July 7, all SSI and non-SSI units would get assistance at the rate of 30 and 20 per cent of the project cost respectively.
- A Question Of Image (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 13, 2005)
The issue of image is upon us again. Speaking to German businessmen in Frankfurt on Monday,
- Leather Industry Targets $5 Bn Export By 2010 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Buoyed by its highest export of $ 2.38 billion in 2004-05, the Indian leather industry is targeting over $ 5 billion export revenue by 2010.
- Infy Net Up 37%, Ups Guidance For Fy06 (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
BANGALORE: Infosys, which is on the $2bn revenue track, kicked off the quarterly earnings season on Tuesday by upwardly revising its guidance for FY06.
- Bsnl Invites $5bn Bid For Gsm Equipment (The Economic Times, MANOJ GAIROLA, Jul 13, 2005)
NEW DELHI: Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is floating a tender for the world’s largest single procurement of GSM equipment, worth over $5bn.
- Ge & Opc Sign Deal To Kick Start Dabhol Plant (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
MUMBAI: For the IDBI-led Indian lenders and their financial advisor Rothschild, it’s been a long arduous journey. To kickstart the defunct Dabhol power plant, they have finally signed agreements with equipment supplier GE, the offshore lenders and Oversea
- India As An Energy Hot Spot (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jul 13, 2005)
In January this year and mid-last year, this column had alerted its readers to the fact that India is the fourth largest economy of the world in purchasing power terms and the G8 have decided to invite us to the high table.
- Leather Sector Set To Trigger Big Investment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Emphasis is on infrastructure, environmental safeguards
- Computerisation To Widen Tax Base, Chidambaram Tells Parliamentarians (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
The Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday said the electronic filing and processing of tax returns had made the system more transparent which, in turn, would help widen the tax base.
- Manmohan Not Going To U.S. With A List Of Demands (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 13, 2005)
Visit an important foreign policy event: South Block sources
- Pm Gives Bhel Sell-Off One More Push, Woos Left (The Economic Times, MK VENU, Jul 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not given up on the divestment of government equity in BHEL. He intends to have another round of meetings with the Left leaders and offer them a package deal which will encompass Bhel and other related economic issues.
- The Power Of Mobility (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2005)
Reducing tariffs on handsets is a necessary step in closing the digital divide
- Infosys’ Net Profit Up 36% In Q1 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Despite an impressive show by the company, its scrip took a beating and shed 95 points to close at Rs 2,219.95 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
- Tehri Project Ready For Commission (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Crossing several hurdles, all construction activities of the controversial Tehri hydel project — Asia’s highest dam (2400 MW) — have been completed.
- Premature Conclusions (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 13, 2005)
It is premature IT IS PREMATURE to expect the system of Value Added Taxation to have led to a buoyancy in the tax collections of States, as Mr Asim Dasgupta, Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers, seemed to imply the other day.
- Sinophobia Complicates Takeover Bids (Japan Times, HARVEY STOCKWIN, Jul 13, 2005)
In quick succession, the previously intangible reality of "China Rising" has taken on tangible form for Americans, as China has used the wealth that has accrued as a result of its rapid development and huge trade surpluses to try and takeover three U.S.
- Taking Forward The `Outlay Vs. Outcome' Debate (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 13, 2005)
Much of the discussion during the two-day National Development Council (NDC) meeting last week focussed on government programmes, with an understandable desire of the States that these schemes be expanded.
- How Not To Do It (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 13, 2005)
BSES's underperformance reveals shortcomings of power reform
- `Air Transport Industry In Good Health' — Mr Jean-Paul Bechat, Ceo, Safran, And Mr Vincent Gorry,national Executive - South Asia (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Jul 13, 2005)
"I believe that SAFRAN marked Le Bourget this year," says Mr Jean-Paul Bechat, Chairman and CEO, with obvious pride at the splash made at the Paris Air Show by the euro 11-billion French Group, created by the merger of aircraft engine-maker Snecma and...
- Japan And India’S Investment Allure (Tribune, Chikako Mogi , Jul 13, 2005)
A growing number of Japanese companies are eyeing India as the next crucial investment destination, looking to cut back their reliance on China as much as to tap into the country’s huge market potential.
- Sebi To Tighten Market Surveillance Mechanism (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
NEW DELHI: Market regulator Sebi will put in place a comprehensive integrated market surveillance system (IMSS) by February-March as part of efforts to keep a better vigil on the sudden surge or fall in share prices.
- Changing Scenario In Egypt (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Jul 12, 2005)
A Wind of change is blowing across the Middle East. It may soon develop into a hurricane, even a political tsunami for the entire region. There are straws in the wind that suggest that the changes may radically transform the political landscape,
- If Stocks Had Moved From Pitheads, There Would Not Have Been Shortage' — Mr Shashi Kumar, Coal India Chairman (Business Line, Ambarish Mukherjee, Jul 12, 2005)
The power sector had been complaining of coal shortage for the past few months. Coal India Limited (CIL), with its seven coal-producing subsidiaries and one for mining planning and development, is the largest coal company in the world.
- Jsw To Invest Rs. 3,000 Cr. In Aluminium Plant In Vizag (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
To take up bauxite mining as JV
- Economics Of Demography (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Jul 12, 2005)
Robert Malthus was concerned with the rapid rise in population outpacing the increase in production of food grains. And in those days (18th century),
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