http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10 : 37 : 45 +05:30 financialexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/fe/images/financial-logo.gif http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by financialexpress.com http://www.financialexpress.com/news/report-card/547101/ The collapse in world trade volumes in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 were exceptional by historical standards. This paper uses an aggregate global.... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/547100/ ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ stands long replaced by ‘better late than never’ in the disposal of matters in almost all courts, and even before judges of judicial commissions of inquiry, of which Liberhan has been the latest example. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/fe-edirorial-americachini-bhai-bhai/547099/ Historically speaking, the US is the world’s largest carbon emitter. That it’s been surpassed by China as the top emitter is also well-known. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-bengal-halted-again/547098/ Writers’ Buildings workers have used every excuse in the book to beat the new work ethic that makes it compulsory for... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-when-glasses-clinked-in-white-house/547097/ One year ago armed gunmen were terrorising Mumbai. This week Barack Obama toasted Manmohan Singh and India at a White House state dinner. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-dubais-bubble-trouble-was-bound-to-come/547096/ Dubai’s debt default underlines what has been apparent to careful Dubai-watchers for a while: that such an attempt at creating an international financial centre out of thin air was not going to work. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/fe-edirorial-do-we-buy-dubai/547095/ Close observers of Dubai’s real-estate fuelled economy may have seen the bust coming, but it comes at a particularly inopportune moment for the global economy... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/report-card/546650/ Contrary to a widely-held view, the development of financial markets has increased, not reduced, the demand for funding liquidity.... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/546649/ Apropos of the article ‘Tobin tax is only for textbooks’, FDI is the need of the hour and imposing such a tax... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/fe-edirorial-the-gst-deadline/546648/ As per the promise of the 2007-08 budget, the deadline for the goods and services tax is April 2010. That leaves little time for various issues to be resolved, before India’s most radical..... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-wrong-to-curb-equipment-imports-from-china/546647/ The government seems serious about considering curbs on Chinese power equipment imports. It has set up a high-level committee to look into the matter. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-dont-let-turf-battle-hit-trade/546646/ After a 3-year hiatus and armed with, among other things, the recommendations of two high-powered committees—the Percy Mistry committee and the Raghuram Rajan committee.... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-singh-obama-and-the-asian-balance/546644/ When he headed for Washington this week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had two basic political objectives. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/fe-edirorial-lend-them-a-hand/546643/ The Indian banking sector may still be basking in the glory of surviving the global crisis in fairly good shape, but the sector’s regulator, RBI.... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/report-card/546177/ To the best of our knowledge, the current paper is the first to uncover systematic evidence on the economic cost of harbouring terrorism. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/546176/ Watching the 26/11 tragedy on TV, I was horrified to see how easily terrorists penetrated the city via sea route. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/fe-edirorial-in-bad-company/546175/ The corporate scam that took down India’s fourth-largest IT firm at the beginning of the year continues to spurt out tales of crime. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-small-is-bountiful/546174/ Stimulus or no stimulus, compact cars from India are selling like hot cakes in European markets and the trend is expected to continue over the next few years, courtesy low manufacturing costs in India and several new products.... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-bush-fires-do-not-win-war-against-terror/546173/ The 26/11 attack on Mumbai had striking parallels with the 9/11 attack on New York: spectacular and horrifying assaults on iconic targets, at the heart of the richest, most cosmopolitan cities in India and the US. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-on-our-own-not-doing-that-badly/546172/ Anniversaries, the frivolity and pomp associated with some aside, are useful occasions. They are an important way to celebrate, mourn and remind ourselves of landmark events. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/fe-edirorial-26-11-09/546171/ One year after 26/11, India’s external strategy looks to have been proved right by time, and its internal strategy seems to have improved, although it’s too early to vote for a paradigm shift. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/report-card/545705/ To represent the effects of the financial crisis on the world economy and trade flows, six elements are needed. For the crisis itself, three shocks are needed to capture the observed drop in asset prices and reduction in demand and trade. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/fe-edirorial-doctor-on-the-dollar/545704/ Much has been said about the decline of the dollar and the general decline of the US economy in recent months. Such was the frenzy at one point in time, that a newspaper report.... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-bridge-with-the-gulf/545703/ One of the side effects of the economic crisis will be the way nations trade. For countries like India, this means reconsidering the way we do business with the world by diversifying into new markets. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/column-how-we-are-getting-visa-policy-wrong/545702/ The 1% visa limit for employing foreign workers in India-based projects announced by the ministry of labour and employment—even as the ministry of power is scrambling to...