The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 13, 2007

OFFHAND
Coalitions vs the two-party system
The President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, added piquancy to the observance by Parliament of the 150th Anniversary of the first war of Independence (1857), which might otherwise have passed off as a ceremonial ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN
Quants improve understanding and risk management
Economics and finance are so quantitative these days that it begs the question, `did mathematics get into economics or is it the other way round'? It was bound to happen sooner or later. After Keynes, economics was already profusely applying ... More

VIEW POINT
Something rotten in...
There is something rotten in the Republic of India, which needs to be tackled on an emergency basis if the lives of our children and grandchildren are to be as secure as ours (which, to many people, may not amount to much). This, of course, has ... More

DOWN TO EARTH
A bias against agriculture?
Notwithstanding the Rs 25,000-crore package announced by the Prime Minister at the National Development Council meeting eve, the farm sector faces problems on various fronts — poor extension services, the threat of imports, the fertiliser subsi dy issue and the Minimum Support Price. SHARAD JOSHI on the ailing agriculture sector. More

VC WE SEE
`The opportunity goes beyond IT and services'
Looking at lessons from the past, any society that harboured a significant divide in its citizens' access to resources eventually created civic unrest. More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Great Offshore, GE Ship decline
Great Offshore and Great Eastern Shipping stocks have been declining on the bourses of late. According to market talk, operators have cooled off their speculative binge since there has not been any response from the SEBI to one promoter faction's ... More

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