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| June 30, 2005 |
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Wealth creation in 'Little India'
Across India, there are thousands of stories emerging from Little India, from people who come from small towns or from humble backgrounds and are bootstrapping their way to better lives.
Serious finds fun? Not quite
There isn't yet a single device that fits all the requirements of a corporate road-warrior.
Woes that plague PSU banks
Since PSU banks can't raise funds from the market as this will lower government shareholding, they have to be allowed to increase capital in different ways.
Corporate disclosure? You must be joking
The quality of disclosures, even from some of the country's top corporations, leave much to be desired.
Content, 3G, VoIP are hot
As CommunicAsia in Singapore showed, some issues have come to the fore.
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| June 27, 2005 |
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What woes await Anil at Infocomm
For all his bravado and the one-liners such as the one about how his new company has no back gear, Anil Ambani has his work more than cut out for him.
Want to be rich? Read this!
Why should you start saving some money earlier in your career, when you can save a lot more later in life? Read on to find out...
The ghost of Dabhol rises again
While the negotiations for the revival are as opaque as they were the first time around, the power is likely to be too costly for MSEB
Does the monsoon matter?
Over the last decade or so, Indian industry has become somewhat immune to farm uncertainties
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| June 24, 2005 |
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Bhutan to admire, China to follow
For most developing nations, applying a brake on growth means denying their people the quality of life that others enjoy.
Delayed monsoon: the economic impact
Have we really made any progress in the field that matters most, that is, agriculture, in the face of all the goodies that liberalisation, free markets and economic reforms have brought to us at the superstore?
It's time to save or spend?
How consumer confidence will influence business
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| June 23, 2005 |
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Why blame the Left alone
No political party wants to push through reforms in a manner that can cost them votes or an election.
From the rich to the poor
The primary function of the G-8 summit is to socialise the neo-cons in Washington
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| June 21, 2005 |
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The Left is not always right
The Left parties have opposed all economic reforms that the Congress-led UPA has tried to push through, while their stance is totally different in West Bengal.
Is your employer deducting correct tax?
. Just ensuring that your employer has correctly deducted income tax from your salary may turn out to be your overlooked tax saving action.
No reason to raise interest rates
The FM's right about there being no need to raise rates as the fourth quarter results reveal no compelling reasons to raise interest rates for most banks
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| June 18, 2005 |
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Globally, housing set for a crash!
Japan is a good example of what happens when a property bubble bursts, and the recent rise in prices is higher than what Japan ever witnessed.
Oxygen for the multi-taskers
The advent of personal technology gizmos have meant that a lot more "dead time" -- traffic snarls, delayed flights, overnight bus rides and, even, long review meetings -- can be suddenly turned productive or just less boring.
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| June 17, 2005 |
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New world of visual communication
The emerging compression technology, Advanced Video Coding, will change the world of visual communication.
India's great journey to market economy
. . . but if the judicial system is not synchronised with society, the market system may become dysfunctional.
How to stop BPO attrition
The industry has to get out of its image of an Internet sweatshop where an employee is resigned to his fate of being in office at ungodly hours for a dead-end job.
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| June 16, 2005 |
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Of pipelines and pipe dreams
Instead of negotiating from a position of strength, the petroleum minister is making it appear as if we are starving because of a lack of energy resources.
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| June 15, 2005 |
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BPO is responding to challenges
In the software and services space, the role of the Indian BPO industry is going to get relatively important over time.
Coming soon: video games, in a big way
Video gaming is set to go mainstream and the broader battle for control of the living room is underway.
What no B-school can teach you
The most important lessons that experience has taught me is that if you have pride in what you do and do it with passion, results are sure to come your way, says Vineet Nayar.
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| June 14, 2005 |
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How we will shop in the future
It's not just about improving product delivery. Value-added electronic payment systems will also change things.
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| June 13, 2005 |
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What will drive the retail boom?
Given the size and purchasing power of the Indian consumer, the road ahead can only get smoother for the retail sector.
Starting up isn't hard to do
For those who know Raman Roy well, his resignation last Monday as the CEO of Wipro Solution (formerly Spectramind) did not come as a surprise.
Prakash Karat's strange silence
It was hoped that CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, who constantly claims he's protecting PSUs from pillage, would come to GAIL's rescue, but looks like he feels it's okay to delay PSU projects.
Lessons from microfinance
Peer monitoring would keep power theft to a minimum and make collecting tariffs efficient.
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| June 03, 2005 |
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What are your employees worth?
The Lev & Schwartz (L&S) model for calculating the value of human resources has suddenly become the buzzword in HR circles, courtesy the Infosys annual report for 2004-05.
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| June 02, 2005 |
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Has the euro failed?
The euro will break down not because it does not work but because it is basically a bad idea.
PF stuff: Don't blame just the Left
Only we protested against the decision to dip into the Special Reserve Fund.
Which wireless keyboard to buy?
So, which cordless keyboard is going to be your buy when you next upgrade your computer or want to get rid of those cords right away? The Logitech diNovo package retails at a little less than Rs 11,000.
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