Predicting the market in the short term
Once again, the stockmarkets do not seem to know whether they should be marching north or south. The Sensex is buoyed by optimism one day, consumed by pessimism the next.

Empowerment pays
The World Development Report 1999/2000 released by the World Bank last week is in many ways a remarkable document. Not so much for what it prescribes as for its realisation of the contingent nature of development.

More teeth to CLB
Corporate restructuring has acquired a mega dimension in this country. Firms are focussing on the main line of activity, shedding non-core activities.

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