Doug Henwood :
Ulhas Joglekar wrote:
Doug could see my pen-l post number 26813 Why India needs transgenic
crops.
Thanks. I missed that first time around. Do you agree?
Yes, I do !
Ulhas
Ian Murray :
Marxism has no country. It is the world outlook of the international
working class.
===
It is?
Marxism has no country, except Cuba ! :-)
Ulhas
Doug Henwood :
I notice that Shiva's biggest fans are in the West, among people who
shop at (organic) supermarkets.
I also notice that some Western Marxist sermons are usually meant for
Indians (or Indonesians and Egyptians). The official Marxist-Leninists
states can get away with anything.
Doug Henwood wrote:
I swear, sometimes she reads like Marie Antoinette in a sari.
Doug could see my pen-l post number 26813 Why India needs transgenic
crops.
Ulhas
The Times of India
THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2002
Russia, China closer to $1.7 bn oil pipeline deal
REUTERS
MOSCOW: Russia and China moved a step closer on Thursday to building a
$1.7-billion pipeline to ship Siberian oil to northeast China by 2005, after
leading firms agreed several key terms.
Doug Henwood wrote:
I completely agree with that. But to do all these things, you need
more industry, and more industry means transforming the division of
labor and socializing production now done in the household. You can
do the good things that Kerala did, but Kerala is still poor. The
The Financial Express
Unocal Inks MoU With Major Firms For Natural Gas Supply
Prasanna Upadhyay
Mumbai, July 23: California-based natural gas and oil exploration major,
Unocal Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
various companies in the northern belt of India for
The Hindu
Thursday, Jul 25, 2002
Russia worried by U.S. film onslaught
By Vladimir Radyuhin
MOSCOW JULY 24. The Russian Government and filmmakers are concerned over the
domination of Hollywood movies in the Russian cinemas, where Russian films
account for a paltry seven per cent. Russia
The Times of India
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002
HSBC in talks to buy stake in China's insurance firm
AFP
HONG KONG: Global banking giant HSBC Holdings Plc said on Tuesday it is
negotiating to take a minority stake in China's second largest life
insurance firm Ping An Insurance Co.
The investment
Economic and Political Weekly
July 13, 2002
India's Medium Term Growth Prospects
Review of India's recent growth performance and assessment of the
medium-term growth prospects in the light of relevant factors the likely
evolution of fiscal and savings-investment imbalances, financial sector
The Times of India
SUNDAY, JULY 07, 2002
Vietnam unveils plan to revitalise economy
AFP
HANOI: Vietnam's ruling communist party has unveiled a socio-economic plan
to boost flagging exports and growth next year, state media reported on
Saturday.
Revitalising exports, consolidating existing
The Times of India
TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2002
Jordan set to ink free trade deal with Iraq
AFP
BAGHDAD: Iraq, which has signed a series of free trade agreements with its
Arab neighbours recently amid US threats against its regime, agreed on
Monday to increase its business and economic cooperation
The Hindu
Monday, Jul 22, 2002
Pipeline politics in Bangladesh
By C. Raja Mohan
NEW DELHI JULY 21. Under pressure from the American energy companies to
export its vast natural gas resources to India, Bangladesh is nearing yet
another frustrating non-decision. A committee set up by Dhaka to
The Times of India
MONDAY, JULY 22, 2002
Honda to boost low-cost motorcycle exports from Asia
AFP
TOKYO: Japan's Honda Motor Co. Ltd. has begun to boost low-cost motorcycle
exports from its Asian plants, which had formerly targeted output for the
Japanese market, a spokesman said on Monday.
The Times of India
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2002
Vietnam needs to step up HIV/AIDS awareness: UN
AFP
HANOI: Vietnam needs to tackle widespread ignorance about HIV/AIDS among its
youth in order to stem the country's alarming infection rate, UN officials
said Thursday.
The World Health Organisation's
Economist.com
A divided Iran
Iran in turmoil
Jul 19th 2002
From The Economist Global Agenda
The long conflict between conservative hardliners and reformers in Iran is
escalating, with conservatives trying to exploit widespread anti-American
sentiment to bolster their position, and reformers
The Times of India
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2002
Indonesian illegals in Malaysia told to leave
AFP
KUALA LUMPUR: The Indonesian embassy here on Tuesday appealed to all its
citizens living in Malaysia illegally to return home before an amnesty
period ends in two weeks.
Ambassador Hadi Wayarabi
The Hindu
Thursday, Jul 18, 2002
Putin aligns Russia with U.S.
By C. Raja Mohan
As India prepares for Vladimir Putin's visit later this year, it should be
in no doubt about the new orientation of Russian foreign policy.
IT IS now official. More than a decade after the end of the Cold War,
The Economic Times
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Investors make beeline for Bank of China's IPO
REUTERS
HONG KONG: Thousands of small investors queued at bank branches all over
Hong Kong on Monday to snap up applications to buy IPO shares in Bank of
China Hong Kong, the territory's biggest new
The Times of India
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002
Chinese Web content rules threaten new penalties
REUTERS
BEIJING: The Chinese government has drawn up new Web content regulations
that threaten to fine or close down Internet publishers, including portals,
for disobeying earlier content guidelines,
The Times of India
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002
Taiwan to lift ban on direct investment in China
AFP
TAIPEI: Taiwan plans to lift a half-century ban on direct investment in
mainland China as the two foes inch towards closer economic ties despite a
political deadlock, officials said in newspapers on
The Hindu Business Line
Tuesday, Jul 09, 2002
Explaining Japan's decline
C. P. Chandrasekhar
Jayati Ghosh
It is twelve years since the Japanese economy entered a phase of slow growth
after decades of rapid expansion. During these years it has experienced four
recessions, the last of which
The Times of India
THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002
Funds shortage hinders de-mining operation in Laos: UN
AFP
HANOI: A shortage in funds is hindering de-mining operations in Laos, one of
the poorest and most bomb-riddled countries in the world, officials said
Thursday.
The Lao National Unexploded
The Hindu Business Line
Thursday, Jul 11, 2002
Editorial
Harvesting the world market
WHEN IMPORTANT TRADITIONAL export items such as gems and jewellery, textiles
and engineering goods showed negative to modest growth last fiscal (overall
exports suffered a negative growthof 1.17 per cent),
Economic and Political Weekly
Well-Being in the 1990s
Towards a Balance Sheet
EPW Special Article July 06, 2002
The debate about poverty trends in India in the 1990s can be widened to look
at a broad range of indicators. The data do not really permit resolution of
a key issue, whether poverty
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
Barun Roy of FEER says The split won^t rob Ho of his business, though. He
still owns one of the new licences and is now finalising plans to spend
close to $ 585 million in the coming years on reshaping, expanding, and
improving his casinos as multifunctional resorts.
The Times of India
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2002
Over 1 mn refugees return to Afghanistan: UNHCR
AFP
GENEVA: More than one million Afghan refugees have returned to the country,
the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, said late on Monday,
urging the international community to provide
Business Standard
Thursday, July 11, 2002
ASIA FILE
Macau hits the jackpot
With 10 million tourists visiting the territory last year, theres only one
way to describe Macau: its a roaring success, says Barun Roy
When China took Macau back from the Portuguese in December 1999, Beijing
THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002
Nepal vows tough line on anti-China elements
REUTERS
BEIJING: Nepal's king has promised China it will seek greater cooperation on
the sensitive issue of Tibet and not allow people inside its borders to
state anti-Chinese protests, state media said on Thursday.
King
Ben Day:
The big problem with the surplus capital argument is that, for most of the
last
century, foreign investment has been overwhelmingly /between/
developed capitalist countries.
If we look at the present day FDI in Asia, the bulk (probably 60-70%)
of FDI goes to China and Hongkong. China
Ben Day:
I'm not quite sure what the point here is
I meant to supplement his observations by saying that not only the
developing world gets less FDI than the developed world, even within the
developing Asia, Leninist regimes get the bulk of FDI. Non Leninist
developing nations get very little
HindustanTimes.com
Thursday, July 11, 2002
Japan, SKorea to urge N Korea to accept IAEA inspection
PTI
Tokyo, July 11
Japan and South Korea will jointly urge North Korea to accept inspection by
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a news report said on
Thursday.
Japanese Foreign
Frontline
Volume 19 - Issue 14, July 06 - 19, 2002
ESSAY
At the mouth of a volcano
The Philippines as the next target in the 'war against terrorism'.
AIJAZ AHMAD
In this article, Professor Aijaz Ahmad first deals with the flimsiness of
U.S. claims with regard to its moves in the Philippines,
The Times of India
SUNDAY, JULY 07, 2002
More effort needed to combat drug trade in Vietnam
AFP
HANOI: A senior Vietnamese anti-narcotics official has admitted that much
remains to be done to combat the growth in drug trafficking and substance
abuse in the country.
Colonel Vu Hung Vuong,
Chris Burford :
The Leninist position is arguably that imperialism must be actively
defeated politically and that may involve various class alliances,
compromises, and stages on the way. Luxemburg anticipated in her own words
the rebellion of the international proletariat against the domination
The Economic Times
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Don't bet on a quick US recovery
Joseph Stiglitz
Whither the US economy? Every piece of good news suggesting that Americas
recession is about to end is followed by bad news suggesting otherwise.
The Federal Reserve Board's current monetary policy
Economist.com
Chief financial officers
The changing chief financial officer
Jul 4th 2002
From The Economist Global Agenda
From Enron to WorldCom, a series of corporate scandals has cast doubt on
the
integrity of big corporations and the professionalism of accounting
companies. But there is
Business Standard
Thursday, June 27, 2002
ASIA FILE
Questions for Kabul
A preliminary assessment suggests that Kabul would need at least $ 15
billion over the next ten years to rebuild its infrastructure. Is the money
going to be safe, asks Barun Roy
As international assistance for
Far Eastern Economic Review
Issue cover-dated July 4, 2002
CAR INDUSTRY
Time for A Tune-Up
Foreign car giants have long dreamed of ruling the potentially massive China
market. But as sales finally take off a new brood of small, local makers is
grabbing market share
By David Murphy and David
Devine, James:
Ulhas writes:There is no undiffrentiated mass of nations called the Third
World.
Of course. What's constant amongst these countries, though, is the
relationship between the center and the periphery, the relationship of
domination and subordination. In addition, some countries are
Doug Henwood wrote:
I'm sympathetic to what you're saying, but I'd like to hear more. Why
is anti-imperialism dead? Don't Indian farmers, for example, resent
and resist the demands of the WTO? Or are internal class conflicts
more relevant now, given the industrialization and
Doug Henwood :
How does this comport with Vandana Shiva's dire tales of Indian
farmers miserably exploited by international agribusiness and the
gene modifiers?
The question Doug asked was about the WTO and its impact on Indian farmers.
So I answered accordingly. Poor farmers hardly have any
The Economic Times
Thursday, July 04, 2002
Kazakhstan targets China, India oil export
REUTERS
OVERLAND PARK: Fresh from confirmation last week that Kazakhstan's Caspian
Sea shelf holds the largest oil find in 30 years, Kazakh officials said on
Monday they were exploring new pipeline routes
Romain Kroes:
On the other hand, the exogenous realizing surplus value allows a
theoretical approach of both imperialism history and today's
Globalization, by taking together Luxemburg's and Wallerstein's works.
Does the idea of the exogenous realising of surplus value imply the
existence
Seth Sandronsky:
Lenin, as Jim noted, said that imperialism was the highest stage of
capitalism. Currently, it appears that exterminism may be a higher stage
yet, if the foreign policy of the current U.S. administration (pre-emptive
nuclear first-strike) is a guide to the future.
Yes, no
Seth Sandronsky :
In the post 9/11 era, a public targeting of multiple nations as potential
first-strike targets by the U.S. political class. I'm unaware of a past
example of first-strike policy being publicly discussed in the US, fSU,
China, India and Pakistan. Please correct me if I'm
Doug Henwood wrote:
Ulhas Joglekar wrote:
Is Lenin's theory of imperialism relevant today?
The minute Japan and the EU begin an arms buildup and fight with the
U.S. for influence in the so-called South, and U.S., EU, and Japanese
capitalists withdraw their investments in each other
The Times of India
SUNDAY, JULY 07, 2002
Japan gives Vietnam $7 million as water aid
AFP
HANOI: Japan has given Vietnam more than $7 million in aid to improve water
supply systems in three northern provinces, officials said on Saturday.
The exchange notes for the 867 million yen ($7.2
The Times of India
SATURDAY, JULY 06, 2002
ADB approves $50 mn loan for Vietnam power project
AFP
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Friday it has approved a 50
million-dollar loan and political risk guarantee worth 25 million dollars to
a pioneering power project in Vietnam.
The
The Economic Times
Friday, July 05, 2002
Iraq ready to pay off its $8-b debt
AP
MOSCOW: The new Iraqi ambassador to Russia has said his country is ready to
pay off its $8-billion debt to Russia, a long-standing sticking point that
has prevented the two countries from improving economic ties.
Devine, James:
Ulhas:And what is Imperialism in the first place?
Imperialism, as Marxists use that term, refers to a social system of
international domination, of most countries by others. (Unlike in other
perspectives, it is not simply a policy, a decision by government
officials.) Originally
The Times of India
THURSDAY, JULY 04, 2002
More than 50,000 HIV cases in Vietnam
AFP
HANOI: More than 50,000 Vietnamese people have the HIV virus while another
7400 have AIDS, official government figures released Wednesday said.
However an official with the National Committee for AIDS
The Times of India
WEDNESDAY, JULY 03, 2002
ISRO to launch 2 more satellites
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
NEW DELHI: India will launch two more multi-purpose satellites, INSAT-3A and
INSAT-3E, in the near future to make the country self-sufficient in the area
of communication through satellites, said
From: Nancybrumback:
thanks, carrol, for your response. however, the question was what is a
dialectical approach in the first place?
And what is Imperialism in the first place?
Ulhas
The Times of India
THURSDAY, JULY 04, 2002
Petrovietnam, BP discuss $800 m gas hub
REUTERS
HANOI: State oil firm Petrovietnam and Britain's BP Plc are considering
creating a gas processing hub for Vietnam's Nam Con Son basin, which could
involve investment of about $800 million, a BP official
The Economic Times
Tuesday, July 02, 2002
Foster's boosts Vietnam brewing capacity
REUTERS
MELBOURNE: Australian brewer Foster's Group said on Tuesday it that it had
bought a brewery in central Vietnam as it targeted further expansion in the
region.
Foster's said it paid A$4.7 million for
Far Eastern Economic Review
Issue cover-dated June 27, 2002
DAIRY FARMING
Beyond the Pail
Upbeat on prospects for expanding its dairy industry, Vietnam shouldn't
ignore the potential risks
By Margot Cohen/HANOI
A BEAUTY CONTEST is under way in Ho Chi Minh City, with participants hailing
from
The Financial Express
Tuesday, July 02, 2002
ECONOMY
China Okays Rules To Boost Foreign Investment In Aviation
Beijing, July 1: China has approved new rules aimed at boosting foreign
investment in its aviation sector, including allowing bigger stakes in
airlines and airports, the China News
The Times of India
TUESDAY, JULY 02, 2002
Xerox says Indian arm made improper payments
REUTERS
MUMBAI: Xerox Corp has disclosed that its Indian subsidiary made improper
payments over the years to push sales to government customers, according to
an annual report filing with the US Securities
rediff.com
June 29, 2002 | 1440 IST
WTO to probe textile exports to US
BS Economy Bureau
The World Trade Organisation has agreed to create a panel to look into the
complaints made by India against the US blocking its textiles and clothing
exports with complicated new rules.
The European
Hari Kumar:
QUERY:
Do people on this list think that another world war between imperialisms
is 'inevitable'? What countries-imperialisms line up to face each other?
Counterquery:
Are China, Vietnam and North Korea semi-colonies?
Ulhas
The Economic Times
Monday, July 01, 2002
ExxonMobil to take stake in Chinese project
AFP
BEIJING: US-based energy giant ExxonMobil will join a Royal Dutch/Shell
Group-led consortium chosen to build a $5.6-billion natural gas pipeline
across China, executives said on Monday.
The company's
The Times of India
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2002
N Korea could face new economic crisis
AFP
SEOUL: North Korea could be hit by a new economic crisis despite a third
year of increased trade last year, South Korea's state-run trade agency said
on Wednesday.
The Korean Trade-Investment Promotion
The Economic Times
Saturday, June 29, 2002
Putin aide takes over as chairman of Gazprom
AFP
MOSCOW: The Kremlin consolidated its hold over Russian natural gas giant
Gazprom on Friday, as the deputy head of the presidential administration,
Dmitry Medvedev, was appointed chairman.
Elected at a
The Times of India
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2002
Nine million Afghans depend on WFP
AFP
KABUL: Nine million Afghans out of a total population of 24 million -- more
than one in three -- depend on the World Food Programme (WFP) for survival,
the agency's executive director said here on Wednesday.
Michael Perelman :
Wierd. It speaks of a UN gravy train, but I thought that the UN joined
the US in railroading E. Timor to sign away much of the oil rights.
You could be right about the US role, but please see the article Timor: Oil
and Troubled Waters posted by me. Australian subscribers to
Business Standard
Saturday, June 1, 2002
Where Money talks
Oil and troubled waters
East Timor is caught between the devil and the deep and will have to walk a
very tight line, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray
Watching East Timor's May 19 independence celebrations on TV, one could not
miss the
Chris Burford :
What *is* difficult is the nature of the alliance between progressive
people in the imperialist west and the mass of people in the LDC's.
Please allow me to ask some questions.
What or how much Western Marxists know really know about the rest of the
world that they claim to
Business Standard
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
FOCUS
Next stop, Vietnam?
Rapid industrialisation, growing GDP, abundant natural resources - all these
make the country an attractive investment destination, says Jesudas Bell
Tree-lined streets, the peaceful Hoan Kiem lake around which old people
The Hindu
Monday, Jun 24, 2002
Sakhalin to Sudan: India's energy diplomacy
By C. Raja Mohan
NEW DELHI JUNE 23. India's decision last week to invest nearly $ 750
millions in an oil field in the war-torn Sudan in Northern Africa has
surprised observers here. But the decision is a welcome one
The Hindu
Monday, Jun 24, 2002
India joins Sudan's war
By Ninan Koshy
Oil has fuelled Sudan's civil war... The ONGC is stepping into
ethnically-cleansed areas.
IN APPROVING the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's proposal to buy Canadian
Talisman Energy Inc.'s 25 per cent stake in the Greater
The Times of India
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2002
Nokia may produce CDMA handsets in China
REUTERS
BEIJING: World number one mobile phone maker Nokia is considering making and
selling handsets in China for the CDMA network standard, an executive said
on Thursday.
It would be part of a bid to expand
Business Standard
Thursday, June 13, 2002
ASIA FILE
A 'flying' train to Shanghai
Time is not something to be wasted; rather, it is a commodity that can be,
and should be, turned into valuable economic gain, says Barun Roy
If China is spending $ 1.2 billion to build a 30 kilometre railway
The Economic Times
Thursday, June 20, 2002
Big 5 drug cos face RD drought
REUTERS
LONDON: Five of the world's biggest drug companies do not have any potential
billion-dollar drugs in late-stage development, highlighting the industry's
current poor RD productivity, according to a report
rediff.com
June 21, 2002
G Parthasarathy
The politics of oil
As the Bush administration proceeds with its war against terrorism in
Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere, it has found that apart from the ever
reliable Tony Blair, it also has a valuable friend and ally in Russian
President
EPW
Commentary
June 08, 2002
Russia's Military Industrial Complex
Struggle for Revival
The end of the cold war combined with the collapse in demand for industrial
goods as a result of the sluggish economy have severely constrained attempts
to change the production patterns of the military
The Economic Times
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Is this free meal worth having?
Arvind Panagariya.
The global trade in goods is largely governed by the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is itself an integral part of WTO. At the
heart of this agreement is the
Jim Devine wrote:
The misuderstanding of the systemic nature of capitalism is based in its
own structure. It's more like a mirage, where we see water on the highway
that's a distorted reflection of an actual phenomenon. Put another way, a
fetishized consciousness of capitalism arises from a
The Times of India
MONDAY, JUNE 03, 2002
Rediscovery of India
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
When Stalin fell ill, the Communist Party's politburo asked the Russian
church to pray for him. Mao Zedong presided over the celebrations of 2,500
years of Buddhism in the midst of the cultural revolution. Noted
Far Eastern Economic Review
Issue cover-dated June 20, 2002
ECONOMIC MONITOR: NEPAL
Under Siege
By Steve Percy
Issue cover-dated June 20, 2002
Nepal's economy is under siege, and as the six-year-old Maoist insurgency
intensifies, lifting it looks a Himalayan task. Economic data is largely
The Economic Times
Friday, June 14, 2002
Leave the dollar alone
Joseph Stiglitz
IT is always risky to write about exchange rates. If a currency's exchange
rate is falling, it may well be rising by the time one's article appears.
But the issue of how we should think about exchange rates and
The Hindustan Times
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
CORPORATE
Japanese Automakers Plunge Deeper Into Chinese Market
Tokyo, June 10: Production plans may still be small and substantial profits
years away, but Japanese automakers, having got their feet cautiously wet,
are now wading into the Chinese
Business Standard
Monday, June 3, 2002
FOCUS
Why India needs transgenic crops
A letter from Norman Borlaug explains why
International Maize
and Wheat Improvement Center
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo NEB-60
April 12, 2002
To: Drs. M S Swaminathan, George Varughese, M V
Business Standard
Friday, June 7, 2002
ASIA FILE
An English revival
The demand for conversational English teachers had never been greater and
English teaching as an industry had never been more profitable, says
Barun Roy
When the founding fathers of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) chose to
The Hindu
Sunday, Jun 09, 2002
Italy tightens immigration law
By Batuk Gathani
Brussels June 8. The 15 European Union member-States are in the process of
formulating a pan-European policy on immigration amid rising concern over
the influx of asylum-seekers.
Last week, Italy became the latest
http://planningcommission.nic.in/artf.htm
Poverty Estimates for 1999-2000
Dr. N.C. Saxena
New Delhi, 22nd February, 2001
The Planning Commission has been estimating the incidence of poverty at
national and state level using the methodology contained in the report of
the Expert Group on
Official Website of Planning Commission, Government of India
http://planningcommission.nic.in/
The Times of India
TUESDAY, JUNE 04, 2002
Foreign firms to pay more tax: China
AFP
BEIJING: China will significantly raise taxes levied on foreign companies
from next year, state media reported on Tuesday, for the first time
providing a timetable for a long-expected policy change.
The steeper
The Times of India
FRIDAY, JUNE 07, 2002
Italy's auto city frets about Fiat's fall
REUTERS
TURIN: The Agnellis are often hailed as Italy's unofficial royal family, but
at the wrought iron gates of Fiat's sprawling Mirafiori plant, the worry is
that their car empire is finally slipping from
The Times of India
FRIDAY, JUNE 07, 2002
Egypt's pyramids face multiple threats
AFP
CAIRO: After more than 4,000 years of splendid isolation in the desert, the
Great Pyramids of Giza are being encroached upon by housing development and
by ever-increasing swarms of tourists, trailed by
An Asian World Economy? continued:
Proposition 5, the thesis about Asia's decline, is the real can of worms.
Empirically, the argument is that population growth accelerated in Asia
leading to a resource imbalance. What has that to do with the world economy?
The theoretical centerpiece of the
Economic and Political Weekly
Review Articles
August 4, 2001
An Asian World Economy?
Tirthankar Roy
ReOrient: Global Economy in the Asian Age by Andre Gunder Frank; University
of California, Berkeley and Los Angeles, published in India by Vistaar
Publications, New Delhi, 1998; pp xxx + 416,
The Economic Times
Wednesday, June 05, 2002
China to open up share markets
REUTERS
SHANGHAI: China will crack open its massive domestic A share markets to
foreign fund managers and brokerages next month, giving them limited access
for the first time to Asia's second largest market by
The Economic Times
Tuesday, June 04, 2002
EU, US butter-oil prices threatens Indian dairy industry
PTI
NEW DELHI: A highly subsidised international trade in milk products covering
the European Union and the US can erode India's comparative advantage and
competitive strengths in the dairy
The Times of India
MONDAY, JUNE 03, 2002
Lanka to renegotiate trade pact with India
FARAH MIHLAR AHAMED
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka wants to renegotiate the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement
to make it more beneficial to the Island nation and Colombo will send a
delegation headed by
The Economic Times
Saturday, June 01, 2002
Munich gets China entry
REUTERS
BEIJING: China's insurance industry regulator said on Friday it has given
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, approval to set up a branch.
China is opening up its insurance market, now dominated by state giants
The Economic Times
Saturday, June 01, 2002
Opec income under cloud as MNCs return
REUTERS
LONDON: For more than 40 years now the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries has managed to sell for $20 a barrel oil that costs just $2 to get
out of the ground.
By restricting access to its
The Hindu
Saturday, Jun 01, 2002
Moscow urged to seek E.U. membership
By Batuk Gathani
BRUSSELS MAY 31. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last President of the Soviet Union,
has appealed to the Russian leadership to seek the European Union's
associate membership'' for the country.
This comes in the
The Times of India
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2002
Canon to make digital cameras in China
AFP
TOKYO: Camera and office equipment maker Canon said on Tuesday it will begin
making digital cameras in China late this year or early next year, joining a
rush by Japan's camera makers to tap China's low
Economist.com
Company accounts
Badly in need of repair
May 2nd 2002
From The Economist print edition
Enron and others have shown how easy it is to manipulate companies'
financial statements. Can it be made more difficult?
BODO SCHNABEL, the boss of Comroad, a navigation-technology company
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