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| April 30, 2007 | | No full stops on M&A street
It seems no foreign company's sell-off is complete without having attracted an Indian bid
Inequality and the nation state
The process of globalisation has been relentless historically, and though it may face occasional retreats, it is unlikely that it would ever face extinction.
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| April 28, 2007 | | Maid to order
But even the word maid, relatively neutral in English, is beginning to acquire chakrani overtones in Singapore, says .
Plea bargaining your sins with Sebi
Good intentions and a reasonably sound system are backing Sebi's latest drive to achieve a litigation-free way of dispelling justice in cases involving securities.
Of crazy laws and speed limits
Have a sunset clause for most laws as a matter of routine, so that there is opportunity for periodic review.
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| April 27, 2007 | | FM, RBI & the French barman
RBI's elbow room is limited in the matter of capital inflows because the finance minister will not ban PNs.
Blow Up!
Some recent happenings on the realty and SEZ fronts seem to bother nobody. What worries me is that if more of these events occur, my sense of reality may get altered, says .
Mumbai a global financial centre? Of course!
What needs to be done to make Mumbai even more attractive is to provide more residential accommodation and faster transport to the southern end of the city (Nariman Point), which is the Manhattan of India.
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| April 25, 2007 | | Why India faces uncertain times
The inevitable consequence of an uncertain economic or stock market outlook is a market de-rating.
Oil: Why dual pricing makes sense
The oil companies can increase the price differential and justify the higher price by offering enhanced services to those who pay more per litre of petrol or diesel.
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| April 23, 2007 | | Dealing with the rupee deluge
We have a plan that involves speeding up the convertibility process along with a commitment to a market-determined exchange rate.
Foreign firms and tax issues in India
Business profits of foreign enterprises are taxed in India only if the said foreign enterprise has a Permanent Establishment in India and the profits are attributable to that PE.
Doing business gets tougher in India
Quite apart from bureaucratic hassles, procedures and corruption, the want of stability, consistency, and completeness in policies and regulations, also add to the difficulties.
Buying insurance? Beware!
The best way of going about it is going for term insurance. This product gives your life cover but no returns if you outlive the expiry date of policy.
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| April 20, 2007 | | What ails higher education in India
Institutions of higher learning cannot merely be institutions for the dissemination of knowledge. They must also produce knowledge, says .
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| April 19, 2007 | | The alternative to SEZs
The government must get on with the more urgent task of promoting competition and technological dynamism.
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| April 17, 2007 | | 3 things B-schools don't teach
If the purpose of a B-school is to produce wealth and value creators, then the people who run B-schools need to take a hard look at real life and model the curriculum based on how value gets created.
Innovation: Secret to staying ahead
CII's Mission for Innovation in Manufacturing is working on all these fronts through its multi-pronged roadmap. The mission aims to create at least 100 innovating companies by 2009.
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| April 16, 2007 | | For stock markets to boom, go easy on terrorists!
Terrorists seem to have foothold in our stock markets. Crucially, no modern State would have ever dealt with its own security in such a lackadaisical manner, as successive Indian governments seem to have done.
Give us a break, Mrs Dikshit
Dikshit has to allow the huge tariff hike, or subsidise BYPL. There is no other choice.
Is a dual interest rate regime desirable?
A way to create a level playing field would be to allow banks to raise external borrowings specifically for lending to SMEs.
Mumbai as a domestic financial centre
The number of cases of rupee-denominated bonds being issued outside India may well increase in future.
Spending on India's defence not enough
The mere increase of Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) over the last year's budgeting with a nominal hike in capital spending will not suffice to accomplish this vital objective of national security.
And now, a brand new BSE
The story began with the BSE board selling 5 per cent of its equity each to Frankfurt-based Deutsche Boerse AG (the world's biggest stock exchange in terms of market capitalisation) and the Singapore Exchange at Rs 5,200 per share.
Why India must use forex to fund infrastructure
The amount involved is just 3.6 per cent of our forex reserves and the gains to be made are huge -- not to try the idea would be foolhardy.
The coming end of books?
Books are so ubiquitous today that it is hard to believe that human beings made do without them till quite recently
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| April 14, 2007 | | Why we are angry with RBI
Pensioners who had relied on bank interest rates staying high (which had been the long-term experience) were shocked as their calculations on monthly interest payment went awry, as interest rates crashed early in this decade, says .
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| April 09, 2007 | | The RBI's best bet
The interest rate is the RBI's best bet for keeping the economy close to the 'normality' benchmark.
Settling disputes with Sebi
Plea-bargaining finally comes to India and you can now resolve your disputes with Sebi through negotiations and settlement rather than litigation.
Undervalued rupee critical for jobs
An undervalued rupee is critical if India is to generate enough employment, but the RBI doesn't seem too concerned.
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| April 07, 2007 | | Is RBI's rate hike justified?
In "real" terms, that is after adjusting for inflation, interest rates have remained unchanged from where they were a year ago. That would suggest that the RBI has got its sums right.
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