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| January 31, 2005 |
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<EM>Haweli ki umar saath saal!</EM>
Many family-owned business enterprises do not operate smoothly once the baton is passed from the first generation to the second, says .
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| January 29, 2005 |
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Mapping the faults in MAPIN-UIN
The requirement of a licence for ordinary investors to trade on the stockmarket in the shape of the new MAPIN-UIN is egregious.
Kolkata: Shedding its chrysalis
Between Chitpur's crumbling facades and go-carting clubs in the suburbs, Kolkata feels like a city shedding its chrysalis.
Co-op bank woes far from over
If you thought India's financial system is past the stage when you have to worry about things going wrong (for UTI has been fixed, the financial institutions have been made into banks, and the banks made much safer), you may need to think again.
Blogging: An insider's view
Compulsive blogger a.k.a Jabberwock gives you the insider's view of a dynamic, growing medium of communication.
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| January 28, 2005 |
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Cities of costs and benefits
Indian companies wanting to send executives abroad on a long-term assignment often have no clue about how to structure their salary packages.
New markets for future technologies
As we look ahead in 2005, the rapidly converging areas of computing, communications and consumer electronics are creating an unprecedented set of opportunities -- and threats.
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| January 27, 2005 |
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How to get more competitive
The government has a three-fold role to play in making this emerging competitiveness more broadbased
Mid-caps can make you big money!
Ajay Bagga, CEO, Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund, tells you how adding mid-caps to your portfolio can actually work for you.
4 landlines, yet can't make a phone call!
It is an axiom that competition leads to better service, lower prices and generally higher product quality. This is not true in the Indian context.
Are B-school rankings reliable?
B-school rankings hardly serve their purpose of delineating the relative strengths and weaknesses of a B-school, say Vivek Kaul and Priyanka Pulla.
Tax policies for 2005
Yes, it's that time of year again, when every self-respecting columnist feels obliged to tender fiscal policy advice to the finance minister and his overworked colleagues in the ministry.
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| January 26, 2005 |
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B-school courses far from 'real'
Whether it is irrelevant case studies, or faculty with little industry experience, B-schools are far removed from real life.
MRTP successor gets more teeth
The long wait for the Competition Commission of India to start functioning seems to be coming to an end.
Does migration increase wages?
Cross-border migration from India to the US will lead to a drop in real wages in the US and an increase in India.
Get all the music for a song
For around Rs 8,500 or a little bit more, you can have a working portable digimusic player with a huge capacity of around 50,000 songs.
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| January 25, 2005 |
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Why EPF, PPF are Ponzi schemes!
Employees Provident Fund is essentially using its capital to service returns that fall due, much like US-64 did, making it somewhat of a Ponzi scheme.
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| January 22, 2005 |
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Earn poor, spend rich
Our expenditures are Scandinavian, our incomes sub-Saharan Africa. That is the problem, says Surjit S Bhalla.
Surprise packages in PM's Cabinet
Two surprise packages so far have been Mani Shankar Aiyar at petroleum and panchayati raj, and Praful Patel at civil aviation.
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| January 11, 2005 |
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Consolidation without M&A
Banks intending to tie the knot would do well to put expected synergies into practice
A Budget with a theme
The government should offer a clearer articulation of how it sees the public sector in this day and age.
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| January 10, 2005 |
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Living on borrowed money
The tendency manifests itself at both the national and household levels in the US.
You may have to pay more for patented drugs
Consumers might have to pay higher prices for the patented drugs in the days to come. Also, the ordinance does not provide compulsory licensing which is permissible under TRIPS. This may make matters worse for the Indian consumer.
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| January 08, 2005 |
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The economic lessons of 2004
It's okay for the poor to give to the rich.
Ambanis set bad examples
The Reliance affair may or may not be heading for closure. But the dispute between the Ambani brothers has led to disclosures that have shown up dealings, which in turn beg many questions -- and raise even more questions about the way Indian companie
Uniting against a tsunami
Keeping aid organisations and workers out can imply a return to pre-globalisation blinkers
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