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| December 30, 2004 |
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The India story is getting better
It is hard to find a businessman who is grumbling, and India is once again the international flavour of the season, says T N Ninan.
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| December 28, 2004 |
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Bad ideas are winning!
With profound sadness I have to record that Bad Ideas seem to be trouncing Good Men, says Shankar Acharya.
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| December 27, 2004 |
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BSNL versus BPO
The government has not only acted in an unfair manner to the country's Internet service providers, it is guilty of increasing costs for the BPO business as well.
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| December 25, 2004 |
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The business of Christmas
Flamboyant celebrations and commerce are at the heart of religious celebrations now.
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| December 22, 2004 |
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Does the UPA lack talent?
The UPA government may be rewarding those who have remained loyal to the Congress party, but it gives a different impression.
What is brewing on VAT?
The central government must take a leadership role rather than remain a bystander
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| December 20, 2004 |
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Baazee case: Making sense of nonsense
'People who advocate a technology solution to problems like the one that Baazee if facing don't understand technology and probably don't understand this problem either.'
Telecom tussle: Parliament be damned!
The government's answers to Parliament on the issue of Reliance Infocomm passing off international calls as local ones to avoid paying around Rs 1,000 crore
Employer of the last resort
The disconnect between economic structure and employment pattern is a policy challenge
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| December 17, 2004 |
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The jobs boom party is on
While the comparison with the dotcom boom days may be a little premature at this stage, the huge upswing in the jobs market is clear.
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| December 13, 2004 |
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Will a weak dollar kill BPO firms?
According to an internal assessment by the BPO division of an IT major, at Rs 37 (per dollar), profit margins vanish. At Rs 35, companies will close down. If Dr Doom is right, a big shakeout is likely.
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| December 11, 2004 |
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TiVo, the next buzzword in India
Even so, I'm betting that next year's buzzword in India will be the two-syllable revolution that's taken the West by storm: TiVo.
Corruption with a human face
Is there a substitute relatively non-leaky olicy to help the poor? Yes, give them cash transfers
Use forex, go global
With enough investible dollars available, there are more options for the money than the RBI has thought of so far, says T N Ninan.
Checking out the job market
Manas Chakravarty finds to his dismay that 'appointments' pages are full of strangest things.
A test-drive gone wrong
Kishore Singh on delhi winter and visisting relatives.
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| December 10, 2004 |
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Macau for moolah, and fun
The skies are open, the gaming business is no longer a monopoly, and around the world from Hong Kong to Melbourne to Las Vegas, investors are grinning broadly.
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| December 06, 2004 |
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Meet Infocomm's new lawyer, GoI!
The government is weakening its own case and Reliance may not need too many top lawyers to fight the allegation that it has been wrongfully routing international calls.
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| December 03, 2004 |
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India powers ahead on retail boom
Organised retailing has grown from just Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) in 1999 to estimated Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) in 2004 -- making it among the fastest-growing industries in the country.
Temporary staff, lasting solution
The largest private sector employer in the world is not a manufacturing giant but Manpower Inc, which has 1.6 million temporary staff on its rolls at its 3,900 offices across the world.
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