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A
human touch |
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Popular perception has it that
if one were to walk into the cavernous interiors of any state-run
bank, one can see folks idling away. But that, to an extent,
is a thing of the past. |
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Bank
unions party without a care as economy chokes |
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Sometime back, Mumbai’s citizenry
took to the streets after Sharad Rao and his cronies turned
off the city’s water taps. Like action is now warranted with
bank unions’ deciding to go on a one-day strike last week over
Standard Chartered Bank’s so-called misdeeds pertaining to its
early separation scheme, transfers, contract labour; and by
calling attention to its role in the securities scandal of 1992! |
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Dream
come true: Euro is next only to dollar |
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The year 2002 saw the birth
of the euro. The new currency has been years in the making.
The Treaty of Rome (1957) declared a common European market
as an objective with the aim of increasing economic prosperity
and contributing to "an ever closer union among the people
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Debt
has equity as well |
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Retail investors are faced
with the dilemma of investing their hard-earned monies. Time
and again, market operators have taken small investors for a
ride. |
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