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Raise a toast to finance capital
April 26, 2007, 12:46 PM IST
Credit growth moderated from nearly 32% in 2005-06 to 28% in 2006-07, most would conclude, scanning news reports on the credit policy.
April 26, 2007, 12:46 PM IST
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US slowdown, global boom
April 19, 2007, 12:00 PM IST
Oil prices today are two-and-a-half times their 2002 levels. Global economic imbalances remain acute. US economic growth has decelerated sharply.
April 19, 2007, 12:00 PM IST
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Reality check for Rahul baba
April 18, 2007, 12:22 PM IST
As Rahul Gandhi traverses the streets of Uttar Pradesh in search of the right mix to establish the relevance of the Congress in a state where it has at best been an also-ran for nearly two decades now, his statements are causing a lot of eyebrows to go up.
April 18, 2007, 12:22 PM IST
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A fine theme for a dream
April 16, 2007, 2:27 AM IST
Making Mumbai a world-class financial centre – is truly mind-boggling if you consider where the city is today.
April 16, 2007, 2:27 AM IST
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Cricket and competition law
April 13, 2007, 2:10 AM IST
Competition among players, sponsors and organisers can probably do more for the game than the BCCI ever will.
April 13, 2007, 2:10 AM IST
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High finance for the aam aadmi
April 12, 2007, 12:00 PM IST
Financial sector reform is generally seen to be far removed from the common man and his concerns. This is a big mistake: witness the current spate of interest rate hikes and the suffering they have bestowed on the common man who, pursuing his common dream of owning a house, has taken a floating-rate home loan.
April 12, 2007, 12:00 PM IST
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The fading of public companies?
April 5, 2007, 12:00 AM IST
The public company is said to be one of capitalism’s great achievements. Yet, the advantages of being a public company are today no longer obvious.
April 5, 2007, 12:00 AM IST
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The missing link
April 2, 2007, 12:04 PM IST
The disconnect between economic research and policymaking will remain as long as research remains elitist and findings are not more widely disseminated.
April 2, 2007, 12:04 PM IST
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Why quarrel over affirmative action
April 2, 2007, 12:25 AM IST
The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality, reflected Nehru in pre-Independence days.
April 2, 2007, 12:25 AM IST
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Banking story is intact
March 22, 2007, 12:36 PM IST
Interest rates have risen over the past two years. For a number of reasons, however, credit growth is unlikely to slow down a great deal. Indeed, the banking story is intact. Banks can expect both credit and profit to grow at a healthy pace.
March 22, 2007, 12:36 PM IST
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SEZ, lies and massacres
March 21, 2007, 12:58 PM IST
Lies often acquire a life of their own and it takes just one incident for the truth to come out.
March 21, 2007, 12:58 PM IST
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ET’s in your interest
March 19, 2007, 1:30 AM IST
Till not so long ago, households that saved in financial instruments could be divided into two categories: the risk averse and those who believed in taking risks.
March 19, 2007, 1:30 AM IST
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Economic reforms & the budget
March 16, 2007, 12:00 PM IST
THERE are a lot of good reasons why Mr Chidambaram deserves brickbats for the recently presented budget.
March 16, 2007, 12:00 PM IST
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The Congress and economic reform
March 15, 2007, 3:48 AM IST
Never before has India’s per capita income grown close to 7% for four consecutive years.
March 15, 2007, 3:48 AM IST
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Yeah, I’m the tax man
March 13, 2007, 3:11 AM IST
Zenobia Aunty tends to have a love-hate relationship with PC. However, with Spot now fawning over PC, Zenobia Aunty is not being her sarcastic self.
March 13, 2007, 3:11 AM IST
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More transparency, please
March 9, 2007, 3:30 AM IST
Budget fatigue sets in within 48 hours of the presentation of the budget. This year, the slide in global stock markets has given the media added cause to switch off.
March 9, 2007, 3:30 AM IST
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Naxals? What Naxals?
March 7, 2007, 3:11 AM IST
By no stretch of imagination does Sunil Mahato fall into the category of an exploiter or a class enemy.
March 7, 2007, 3:11 AM IST
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A further pause in fiscal reform?
March 5, 2007, 2:40 AM IST
Given the improved investment rate and heightened demand for loanable funds, proper fiscal correction should have been a priority.
March 5, 2007, 2:40 AM IST
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Gimme my money!
February 27, 2007, 2:09 AM IST
Enough said about the ad world. After all, this is a tax-related column. Now it is perhaps time to take a cue from the Eveready ad, but to say it differently: Gimme my money!
February 27, 2007, 2:09 AM IST
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‘Indian coffee is a global brand today’
February 24, 2007, 2:52 AM IST
Nestor OsoriovvYou could call him Mr Coffee. As the executive director of the International Coffee Organisation (ICO, set up during the Kennedy era as part of the Alliance for Progress in the Americas), Nestor Osorio is the one person most directly involved day in and day out with a commodity which is essentially cultivated by small growers in the Third World for consumers in the developed nations.
February 24, 2007, 2:52 AM IST
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