The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 23, 2007

POLITICS
DENMARK DIARY
Elections — quiet and efficient
The Danish poll scene was a stark contrast to the hurly-burly one would witness in India. More

Human rights violations in J&K
The pre-eminent Kashmiri leader, Dr Farooq Abdullah, created a stir when, talking to TV channels a few days ago, he wondered whether his father, Sheikh Abdullah, was right in opting for accession to India in 1947 and whether he (Farooq Abdullah) ... More

TAXATION
A case for competitive tax rates
There is a clear tendency among nations to attract investments and reduce their corporate tax rates. The average corporate tax rates have moved down globally from 27.2 per cent to 26.8 per cent. More

INTERVIEW
Steer clear of ‘mass market investing’
It’s public opinion that makes people go to war, buy houses they can’t afford, invest in mortgage-backed derivatives they know nothing about, and jump into the market because a stock tout on TV tells them to. People who sell you a war are using the same methods of manipulation as those who urge you to buy tech stocks at the top of a market or sell them at the bottom. More

RETAILING
Small retail needs State spur
Organised retail has the potential to contribute to the transformation of the country’s moribund agricultural sector. And appropriate policies will help all kinds of customers and big and small retailers, says G. CHANDRASHEKHAR. More

LETTERS

Wanted: Better cities

Subprime crisis

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P-Note blues

Union Budget 2007-08

Railway Budget 2007-2008

Economic Survey 2006-2007

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Small retail needs State spur

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Assocham moots setting up of agri economic zone

Looking back
Nov. 11-Nov. 17
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Market Stabilisation Scheme and the Indian fisc

Why does the American way fail in Japan and India?

Undisclosed income of educational institutions