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OFFHAND
CIA in turmoil
THE Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US, famed as well as feared all over the world for its mastery over an incredible variety of techniques of espionage and subversion, its superbly trained, tightly knit and ...
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GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW
Weak dollar serves the world right
If American demand can be supported only by a weaker dollar, the rest of the world has no option but to play along, until the costs of that policy become intolerable. Growth has halted in Europe and in Japan. Hence, a dearer currency is acceptable if it keeps demand in the only export market in the world alive. Thus, the world has to `want' a weaker dollar now, says V. Anantha Nageswaran.
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WIDE CANVAS
A Beijing-Delhi-Moscow axis?
IN THE post-Cold War world, the rule governing the flow of long-term international relations appears to be one where politics follows economics. In the earlier dispensation, when the world was riven by the struggle ...
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FUND WATCH
Partial exit from diversified equity fund may be wise
IF you are an investor in diversified equity funds and have not taken home profits, this may well be the time to take a hard look at the rising NAVs. Many funds have performed reasonably well in the past 10 months or so, a scenario that may ...
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ADR WATCH
Indian counters make merry
THANKS to an unexpected plunge in oil prices, the US equity markets jumped sharply last week. Besides, Intel's announcement raising its fourth quarter sales' forecast also augured well for the market. On the back of these positive developments, ...
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SAY CHEEK
Do we gift what they don't want?
`Don't look a gift horse in the mouth,' but breaking that taboo proves revealing.
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ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
When a ship sinks, it takes more than itself under
THIS is a story of what happened in a social service organisation not too long ago. The force behind it was Mr X who could mobilise men and money for the cause so dear to his heart, viz. seva. He stood passionately for ideals, lived them, ...
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MARK TO MARKET
The importance of asset allocation
AT "Funds World India 2004," a conference on mutual funds and alternative investment, fund houses blamed the high coupon rate on government relief bonds for the lack of investor interest in equity funds. The asset size ...
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