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Business Portfolio Tracker Business Headlines Specials Columns Guest Columnist Interviews Tutorials Message Board Stock Talk			Home > News > Columns > Guest Columnist Guest Columnists February 26, 2005 How to save $1 billion! Let's take a bow to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel for taking steps that have led to a fall in air fares, says . February 24, 2005 FDI in retail must be allowed 'We cannot allow the way we do things to remain frozen just because of the paranoia of the Left and Swadeshites.' February 22, 2005 No business like family business! Why family-run businesses succeed. There's more to it than just competitive advantage, business strategy and kismet. B-school training is far from reality Let me say at the outset that I have the highest regard for an MBA programme, its thoroughness and rigour, and the way it prepares you for the real world. 5 reasons to invest in mutual funds The reasons for the big growth of the MF industry are not very hard to imagine: investors find that mutual funds are a great way of multiplying their money. February 21, 2005 VAT: The devil is in the details The VAT design is good but it still needs some hard chiselling Mani Aiyar's real task Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's high-decibel efforts to woo investors as well as his pipe-dream (sorry, couldn't resist that) of getting natural gas all the way from C B Bhave: New generation taxman Yet this chairman and managing director of the National Securities Depository Limited is the modern face of the country's tax department February 19, 2005 Trade with India: Pak to gain most For Pakistan all other deals will have only peripheral value compared to a deal with India Why HLL's power brands failed On 11th Feb 2005, FMCG major Hindustan Level Ltd, reported its fourth quarter and full year profits. The net profit for the fourth quarter fell to Rs 333.67 crore (Rs 3.33 billion) from Rs 494.72 crore (Rs 4.94 billion) last year. Banking to beat the market It's axiomatic that, during booms, financial entities grow quicker than the real economy. Should a cat catch mice? The air is filled with the possibility of reforms in the administration of personal income tax. The agony of being Chidambaram Chidambaram should do exactly as he pleases, and let the Invisible Hand sort out the mess. February 18, 2005 India: Innovating to thrive India needs to be exceptionally innovative in all aspects Do low taxes necessarily mean more taxes? It is only when evasion costs less than compliance that lowering rates helps February 17, 2005 Challenges the Indian banks face Evidence from across the world suggests that a sound and evolved banking system is required for sustained economic development February 16, 2005 The future of the dollar What Alan Greenspan wants may worsen the global economic imbalance How serious is the Left on FDI? Nobody in the government entertains any doubts about the future of reforms. February 15, 2005 No 'world class' globalisation There is not much difference between soft drinks and cars February 14, 2005 Do we want to be cyber coolies or cyber masters? If we hand over the telecom sector to foreign capital, they may thwart development, argues Colonel Dr Anil A Athale (retd). Is Indian economy more efficient now? In many respects, the Indian economy now is more efficient than it was even just a decade ago February 12, 2005 Should Indians pay more in taxes? The available evidence shows the tax-GDP ratio in India is lower than the level it should have for its per capita GDP by at least 2.5 per cent. February 11, 2005 Chinese currency: How it hits India With the yuan pegged to the dollar and not being revalued, letting the rupee appreciate will reduce the price competitiveness of the Indian exporters. February 10, 2005 How profitable is China? Numbers do not portray China as an investment blackhole for western MNCs February 09, 2005 Indian BPO has a long way to go Right now standalone Indian third party BPOs are an endangered species. Why higher interest rates are needed In the current situation of high inflation, rapid credit growth and lower deposit growth, the only way of ensuring an increase in bank deposits is to increase interest rates, says . B-schools can't teach you common sense Business has to be experienced -- or taught by someone who is a practising manager. Textbook knowledge isn't enough. February 08, 2005 Finding India's Nemo - a low tax-to-GDP ratio India's tax/GDP ratio should rise by 2 to 3 percentage points in the next few years Failures of intermediation Indi's problem is not insufficient demand; it is poor intermediation Irrevocable tax reform It is not often recognised that indirect tax reforms in our country have made reasonable progress in the past few years. Remix biz? It's like how a venture capitalist works! Remix albums make big money for music firms and resemble the way a venture capitalist works, but are bad for moral health, says . How credible is the taxman? Budget or no Budget, the finance minister will have to deal with the issue of enhancing the taxman's accountability to the public sooner or later. February 07, 2005 Why has VSNL sued the govt? Who is to blame? Tatas who spent Rs 1,439 crore on VSNL while competitors got into the same business at a fraction of this or the telecom/divestment ministry, which mishandled affairs? Creeping acquisitions versus an open offer The pros and cons of the recent amendments to Sebi regulations that prevent a promoter from acquiring more than 55 per cent of a company's shares. Luxury? What it means in China It has a lot to do with owning and displaying, says . Meeting a patent challenge S Chandrasekaran, controller general of patents, designs, trademarks and geographical indications, does not want anyone to meet Kasturba's fate. February 05, 2005 PF money in stocks? Why? The government is trying to push more domestic institutional players into the stock market, and my guess is that this is to provide a foil to the foreign institutional investors, says . How to catch the non-taxpayer As Deng Xiaoping might have said: tax policy should concern itself with catching mice, and not with the equity of the cat. February 04, 2005 'But is it art, he said, is it art?' The hoopla surrounding Indian contemporary art continues, and prices are rising. But prices have a long way to go before they could be called global. The power of media content Brands need to find ways to make news. February 02, 2005 Why we must use forex for infrastructure Montek Singh Ahluwalia has a good case, says . Bad messengers can spoil the party A display of domestic political differences between parties is not called for at global meetings. That is a spectacle India can do without. Patent regime? Not the end of the road Switching to the products patents regime need not mean the end of the road for the Indian pharma industry. It can still gain by creating a place for itself in the generics drugs market. February 01, 2005 Beware of Ponzi, MLM schemes! In an illegitimate MLM scheme, the company goes about appointing distributors, but the products the distributors buy rarely get sold. The product is used as a façade to run a Ponzi scheme. 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