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Smoking
out smokers |
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The offices of The Financial
Express offer a smoke free environment since no one is permitted
to smoke within the premises, like in so many civilised work
places the world over. |
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Misdirected
subsidies |
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The long-held assumption that
power subsidies help small farmers rather than large farmers
is a myth. The latter benefit much more as they tend to use
ground water for irrigation. Additionally, glitches in the supply
of power to water pumps at critical moments hurt small farmers. |
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Play
hardball with troubled Enron |
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Call it coincidence or design.
But Enron’s offer to sell its equity to Indian financial institutions
at a 30 per cent discount was made on the same day that the
US Securities and Exchange Commission announced an investigation
into its many curious deals and accounts. |
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SUM
AND SUBSTANCE: Jay Bhattacharjee
Lotus eaters yet to get their act together |
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The Indian policy framework
on foreign direct investment in key industrial sectors has been
a model of confusion and obfuscation from the beginning of the
liberalisation era. |
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EAVESDROPPER:
Freedom of choice! |
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Information and Broadcasting
Minister Sushma Swaraj may be a diehard Doordarshan loyalist
but the staff at her 8 Safdarjang Lane residence don’t share
her preferences. |
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