Recent research shows that pets are good for diabetics.


In purrfect health

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Andrea Aftab Pauro, owner of the Italian restaurant Baci, conjures up a Valentines Day creation.

Dishy love

The Supreme Court wants the staff of merged firms to have a say before their service conditions are altered.


M J Antony: Post-amalgamation blues

While the US may have successfully destroyed a rogue satellite and its potentially lethal cargo of hydrazine high above in space, it will be a difficult task to steer the US out of the recession,

Why the Fed may not succeed

P>Switzerland, the banking capital of the world, is also the home of Basel, which in turn is the origin of a series of risk management norms that the global banking system has embraced over the past several years.

Editorial: Traditional medicine

P>India should not be afraid to encourage modernisation in the retail sector says, Nirupama Soundararajan 
P>It is surprising why there are doubts about the resilience of the traditional Indian retailer.

Nirupama Soundararajan: The real story of retail

&nbsp;Exporters have good news. Customs will remit their drawback claims, in respect of exports from EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)-enabled customs stations, for credit in their core banking-enabled&#39; bank account with any bank branch in the country.

Core banking is good news for exporters

The text of the draft "Agreement Between the government of India and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the Application of Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities" the so-called India-specific Safeguards' agreement sent to the IAEA Board of Governors on July 9, 2008, makes it clear that the repeated assurances made by the UPA government in Parliament and outside, on securing uninterrupted fuel supply assurances and strategic fuel reserves have not been fulfiled.

IAEA Safeguards without concrete fuel assurance

There have been 11 trust votes in the last 19 years. The UPA government's trust motion, to be voted today, will be the 13th such exercise to be seen on the floor of the Lok Sabha.

A K Bhattacharya: Crisis of confidence

P>While oil imports continue to threaten to derail India's trade deficit, there are some compensating factors as well.

Sunil Jain: Changing dynamics of oil

P>Political parties can and do act in mysterious ways, their wonders to perform or not perform.

Editorial: Back to the future

Mukul Pal explains the difference between the two investing strategieslooking at assets and looking for assets 
There are two kinds of investors, one who look at assets and the other who look for assets.

Asset hunting

P>Out of the total 41.83 million establishments in the country, 37.63 million (around 90 per cent) do not have access to any sort of credit.

Asit Ranjan Mishra: Give credit to small establishments

P>The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) deserves a pat on the back for its move to frame a new set of rules on corporate social responsibility (CSR), making it a must for companies to report on their social and environmental initiatives.

Editorial: Measuring CSR

Tomorrow is the day  India&#39;s accession to the Capetown Convention will come into force.

Capetown: Aviation`s bright spot

The Supreme Court says merged firms don't die, only humans do.


M J Antony: Winding up cramps

For many quarters on the trot, chaps in equity sales have begun their presentations to domestic and overseas institutions with a common refrain that the Indian growth story is intact. 


The growth engine sputters

Ebay is currently holding auctions for 10 Things To Do Before You Die, including floating weightless in a space simulator in Moscow, skydiving in Thailand, watching the Wimbledon gentlemans final,

My checkout list

From an investment perspective, education is a sector whose time has arrived. 


Education: New kid on the block

Brindcos Aman Dhall follows few rules in the kitchen 


Three cheers to good food

Power sector stocks have recently emerged as market favourites, evoking memories of the information technology and pharmaceutical booms of a few years ago and the real estate sector more recently.

Betting on power reforms

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