Bypassing the core issue in coal
Coal mining is to be opened up to the private sector, according to a brief news report last week. Since a like decision was taken by the United Front government four years ago, the chances are that coal deregulation will pass muster with Parliament.

Eyeballs without revenues
The Nasdaq crash a few weeks back has been widely interpreted as a sign that the dot.com hypermania is coming to a close. It isn't, as the revival of Nasdaq over the past few days shows.