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B-Day at last!
THE long awaited B-Day is once again upon us. All — think-tanks, market players, industrialists, agriculturists, capitalists, Leftists, Rightists, centrists, purists, jurists, experts, persons in the street — ... More

GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW


Half answers to global imbalance
The day of reckoning for the global current account imbalance, and the American dollar, is drawing closer. The Australian dollar might perform relatively better than its American counterpart, as it is backed up by real assets (oil, metals and minera ls). Time should provide the answer. But, then, time has a way of providing frustrating half answers, says V. Anantha Nageswaran. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW


Volatility, high volumes may prevail
Given the political and economic imperatives, it is understood by the Street, that the Budget and the esoteric policy initiatives by the Manmohan Singh Government cannot be exclusively capital market-friendly. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


All set for flurry of actions
THE next few months will see a lot of action in the asset management space. A clichéd statement, that but like most things clichéd, true. To elucidate, here is an attempt to showcase some of the elements that investors in mutual funds are ... More

ADR WATCH


It's a mixed bag
THE US markets ended in positive zone thanks to energy companies' stocks such as Exxon Mobil Corp and Valero Energy Corp. Besides, a US Government report showing consumer prices increased less than forecast eased concern that surging fuel costs ... More

ON MINT STREET


Why not Nabard be bank for agriculture?
There is SIDBI for small-scale sector, commercial banks for industry, Exim Bank for the exporting community and some financial junk for agriculture. More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED


The amusing case of service tax lingo
IT is very likely that more services get into the tax net today. As a result, there're going to be more disputes too between the taxpayers and the Government, to serve well perhaps the legal community. Recently, the Chennai CESTAT (Customs, ... More


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In Focus

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In Depth

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Looking back
Feb. 20-Feb. 26
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