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A detox programme
Andy Mukherjee

The government needs to be less hesitant about inflation-indexed bonds, or the market wont be liquid enough

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Bonanza from the Pacific
Surinder Sud

Domestic farming of Vannamei shrimp has expanded the export market

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Renegotiating PPP contracts
Vinayak Chatterjee

Projects run the risk of getting derailed in the absence of an institutional mechanism for renegotiation

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Whose cinema is it anyway?
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

For some weeks now I have been baffled by something. Why are we celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema by talking about the top few Hindi films ...

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Conflicting signals

UPA's leadership says one thing, its tax office does another

Old policies, new costs

West Bengal's commitment to reform seems doubtful

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Handbags fighting
Pierre Briançon


So what if LVMH sought control of Hermes?

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Funding risks
Andy Mukherjee


Thai slowdown will give banks a bad hangover

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Sovereign concession
Pierre Briancon


Hollande gets serious on Europe - at last

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Gridlock, Made by China

So it wasnt just the aam aadmi who were stuck in the monumental traffic jams caused by road closures in the capital on account of Chinese ...

Money for nothing

It is not only small-time investors from rural areas who have been victims of chit fund companies and collective investment schemes of the ...

Off track

Among other things, the unceremonious ouster of former Railway Minister Pawan Bansal from his post deprived him of an official opportunity to ...

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Letters: Signs of recovery

This refers to Devangshu Dattas article Too soon to bet on inflation rate (May 19). The market has taken note of inflation and the associated ...

Letters: Accounting lapses in banks

Apropos the editorial Sting in the tail (May 16), deficiencies in governance arise from the fact that the control mechanism put in place to ...

Letters: The offshoring advantage

This refers to the article "US Immigration Bill - Is there an opportunity in crisis?" (May 17). For some time now, some Indian software ...

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Future focus areas for an effective SEBI
Somasekhar Sundaresan

It is SEBI season - the media is replete with articles on SEBI's achievements in the 25 years since its inception. A well-deserved celebration ...

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Transfer pricing: Tolerance margin needs to be rationalised
H P Agrawal

When transfer pricing provisions were introduced in India in the year 2001, no tolerance limit was prescribed for adjustment in arm's length ...

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Part of government can still be independent
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay

There is a raging controversy now whether an institution which is a part of the Government can still be independent. This happened in the recent ...

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Arbitrator will test 'dead' disputes
M J Antony

In an arbitration dispute, the Supreme Court will not normally decide whether the claims are long dead and barred by the law of limitation. It ...

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Kudankulam case: A Daniel's judgment
Kumkum Sen

It's wrong to assume that the SC has taken a position that larger public interest is more important than smaller violations of right to life

Integrated reporting: Concept capital

It tells the complete value creation story and helps enforce accountability of firms towards society

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Indian infotech sector is becoming a riskier bet

The beta of large IT firms has increased since 2008 and is expected to inch up further given the rising challenges

ITC clocks 3% volume growth in cigarettes

Company's FMCG business turns in a maiden profit in Q4 on higher than industry growth

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Will the spot-fixing scam take the excitement out of IPL?