Page 579 - Editorial Comment
Taxing solutions
The tax authorities should consider a lasting legal solution from the Vodafone case
Small is big
The Nano, launched after many vicissitudes, can alter the market dynamics like nothing before
Rating in choppy waters
Rating agencies are witnessing a sharp rise in business as a result of the Basel-II norms
Wrong advice
The FRBM as well as the pact between govt and RBI have brought in discipline on the govt system
Failing the test
Both BJP and Election Commission have some explaining to do on the Varun Gandhi affair
Populism on the march
The Congress under Sonia Gandhi has gone populist with a vengeance
Red lights for greens
If the ministry of environment and forests relaxes environmental standards, it would be a setback
Flexible standards
The argument for relaxing AS 11 because of what's happening in the US, is not convincing enough
The land hurdle again
The next govt will need to amend laws of land acquisition and relief for the affected people
More centuries than tigers?
When Sachin Tendulkar dedicated his 42nd century to tiger conservation, he seemed to be drawing attention to the unabated threat of extinction
Conflicting signals again
The stress of dealing with the financial crisis has brought differences between RBI and finmin back to the surface
About turn
US has moved to a search for deals with the "good Taliban" and this suggests the beginnings of an exit strategy
An independent prosecutor
The timing of two reports would serve to strengthen the suspicion in many minds that the CBI is just politics by other means
Hope for the laggard
India is a laggard when it comes to using information and communication to improve the lot of its own people and improve its own competitiveness
No end in sight
The IMF's estimate of asset deterioration due to sub-prime crisis has gone up fivefold since Sep 07
Precipitous decline
As the economic data for the fourth quarter of countries get released, the picture becomes grimmer
For an impartial Commission
The EC has so far been above suspicion, but the latest episode creates doubt about its functioning
Cost vs risk
The case for a ceiling on UMPPs is strong, but so is the case that there shouldn't be any limit
Protectionist Obama
"Buy American" has met with opposition from economists and politicians in other nations
Flight to 'safety'
The financial crisis has sent depositors from private and foreign banks to public sector banks