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     Reaching for the stars
The annual Economic Survey is traditionally tabled in Parliament a couple of days before the Budget is presented.
     Oil slick
Petroleum product prices usually get hiked shortly before the Budget is presented, and the government has been true to form in announcing the hard decisions ahead of the big day, so that the finance minister can be considerate when it comes to taxation.
     Poverty of thought
Just as there are many ways to define poverty, there is now an a la carte menu of poverty estimates to choose from.
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Compass

- Automobile sector: Picking up speed
- Oil firms: Earnings get a boost
- Hindalco: The sheen is off
- India Inc: Decent show
- Areva T&D: Power play
- United Spirits: Some cheer
- Unitech: Placements to the rescue
- Suzlon: No tailwinds yet
- Sun Pharma: Inclement weather
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BS People

- 'Till we're viable, no one will invest in radio'
- In Conversation: Kapil Sibal, HRD Minister
- 'BJP cannot justify violence'
- It's too early to talk of a revival'
- 'Diversity index is high-priority for the govt'
- 'Indo-US ties help but don't assure us business'
- 'Universities in India need to wake up'
- 'I don't see any signs of recovery'
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T N Ninan: Not a fast track
Sanjeev Sanyal: Radically rethinking agriculture
Devangshu Datta: Imagine a ban on lefties
V V: The best American essays
Sunanda K Datta-Ray: More than skin-deep
Pallavi Aiyar: Is the first world the new third world?
Geetanjali Krishna: Will it be a hit or a 'miss'?
Kishore Singh: What married men crave!
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