The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Resource-based products — Is anti-dumping duty justifiable?
By getting a resource-based product at a price less than its production cost, surely the importing nation is profiting. But the question is, how long will the exporting nation sell at low prices? More

EDITORIAL

Career sense on campuses
THE CAMPUS RECRUITMENT season is in full swing. The wheel having gone full circle, it is boom-time in jobs and salaries yet again. The best and the brightest graduates would as ever be ensnared by dollar-linked pay cheques. Prized will be the ... More

BUDGET

Budget: Of straight bats and googlies
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has a reputation of being a man with the Midas touch. And this time it was a formidable team, one that included a Prime Minister whose reputation as Finance Minister is ... More

ECONOMY

Budget: Another political statement?
The UPA Government is going the way of Nehru in 1951 and Indira Gandhi in the 1960s. Dangling carrots is the name of the game. The government makes promises; there is no evaluation system, which puts the blame for inadequate performance at the door o f the guilty parties. If Nehru and Indira Gandhi failed, why should one think that Ms Sonia Gandhi will be able to do better, asks Sharad Joshi. More

POLITICS

President's rule in Bihar: Is it really the end of the Lalu chapter?
Mr Lalu Prasad's body language and calmness and his refusal to take the battle of Bihar to its roads, indicate that he has perhaps been offered some sop by the Congress High Command. What this could be will only be revealed in due course. More

Suspended animation is no dead letter
ONE more instance of President's rule is in the day's news, this time in Bihar. But when airwaves are busier with the cricket tour of our traditional rivals, suspended animation will be perceived more on pitches, with ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Right to fire
ONE of the reasons making India an unattractive destination for foreign investment to the needed extent is the Government's hesitation to grasp the nettle of labour reforms. India's labour laws are heavily loaded ... More

INTERVIEW

Wielding the Chinese arm with the Indian head — Mr Pritimoy Chakraborty, CEO, Zenith Finesse Ltd
Doing business with China is an art and, once it takes off, can be a win-win situation for both Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs. Instead of expecting the Chinese to invest in India, it is safer and more lucrative to invest there and work out ... More

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Polling issues

Truly impractical

A great injustice

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