The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 05, 2006

OFFHAND
Onus on leaders
Are we really living in the land of Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace and non-violence? Not a day passes without reports of murders and mayhem being splashed in the print and electronic media. It is not just ... More

WIDE CANVAS
Increasing South-South exchange
The capital flow performance has been pronounced with South-South FDI flows rising from $14 billion in 1995 to $47 billion in 2003. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Market may see an end to downtrend
Recent nervousness stemmed from overplay of momentum game More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Investors waiting for index levels to rise for redemption?
How will the money so redeemed be used is a crucial question More

ADR WATCH
Indian counters end with little change
VSNL, Dr Reddy's Lab biggest losers; Satyam Wipro end with marginal gains More

CHAT
How now, how now, chop-logic!
Sridevi spent the afternoon deciphering the new Saral form. Jogin was searching for the latest economic statistics about narcotics. Dakshinamoorthy was simulating the tax advantages for tech bosses if they reduced their salaries to Re 1 and ... More

EUROSCAPE
Know European customs and cultures
For successful cross-border business shift More

JOTTINGS
The MBA, 40 years on
Forty years ago, the two Indian Institutes of Management sent their first graduates out to face the perils of the unknown world of work. Four decades of tumultuous change is a long enough period to ponder in retrospect over what has happened. ... More

PEOPLE WISE
Career development: From Marathon to relay race
No longer can one organisation run for all its employees. It is now a chain — one may make him employable, another may give him status and esteem, and yet another may make him a leader that he always wanted to become. Career development is no longer a marathon that one organisation can always run for all its employees. It is now a relay race. More