OPINION
EDITORIAL
Weaving in labour reforms
Textile industry needs a flexible regime that creates labour mobility, redeployment avenues and higher incomes.
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ECONOMY
Germany, bouncing from obscurity to action
World Cup 2006 is big business worth billions of euros, with the sale of television transmission rights alone bringing in more than € 1 billion.
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FOREIGN TRADE
Engaging the Chinese dragon
Though New Delhi must forge a bond of lasting economic and diplomatic cooperation with Beijing, there are channels other than the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation whose diplomatic spin-offs may not be to India's best advantage. The core defence a spect of the SCO should hold no interest for New Delhi, more so because of the new phase of strategic India-US cooperation.
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POLITICS
Insular PM?
It is a paradox that, when transport and communications were nowhere near what they are today, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi were more visible to the people of all parts of the country ...
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MANAGEMENT
Are today's managers effective?
There is a crisis of managerial effectiveness. The overall business growth and abundance of opportunities may merely be covering up the financial impact of this ineffectiveness, at least for now. A look at what seems to be forcing managers to work on e or two rungs below their real level of contribution. Many managers have ended up robbing their team members of the fundamental autonomy of being able to organise their work and operate at a pace they are comfortable with.
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STOCK MARKETS
We stand corrected!
Every time the stock market takes a tumble and investors burn their fingers, the experts console them that it is after all a normal correction, and to be expected. One is used to thinking that a correction normally follows admission of a mistake. ...
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RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS
The central banker's puzzle
Different central bankers have their own national experience and policy objectives to go by in determining their anti-inflation stance. While maintaining a reasonable threshold for inflation levels, Governor Reddy has to keep in mind the need to incr ease both savings and investments in the economy, says S. VENKITARAMANAN.
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Rediscovering India
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