FEELIN’ GOOD
Optimism is good, but let’s not be foolhardy It is good that we are feeling bucked UP at the beginning OF 2018. Major economies expect growth…
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India’s Fernandes- former rebel, now with a cause
27 May 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 27 (Reuters) – In June 1976, after a year in hiding, George…
Interview- India’s Sinha wants to go for growth
2 June 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, June 2 (Reuters) – India’s Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha put up a spirited…
Interview- India targets not just “hope and prayer”
3 June 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, June 3 (Reuters) – India’s fiscal targets for the current year are not…
PHILIPPINE SENATE HARDENS STAND ON DEBT
11 May 1988 Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, May 11, Reuter – The Philippine Senate has ended a six-month lull by taking…
Jayme says no magic fix for Philippine debt
31 May 1988 544 words Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, May 31, Reuter – There are no magical solutions to the Philippines’…
To pay or not to pay – The Philippines’ debt debate,
5 June 1988 Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 5, Reuter – To pay or not — that is the question facing…
Philippine debate over debt payments alarms foreign banks
6 June 1988 436 words The Toronto Star FIN B4 English Copyright (c) 1988 The Toronto Star MANILA, Philippines — “No one‘s talking new money,…
AQUINO, SECURE IN POWER, PUTS ON BRASS KNUCKLES
28 July 1988 Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, July 28, Reuter – Philippine President Corazon Aquino, secure in power near the end…
INTERVIEW-India FinSec sees high economic growth.
17 June 1999 419 words Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, June 17 (Reuters) – India’s Finance Secretary Vijay Kelkar said on…
India Looking to substantial Aid from IMF, Donors, Official says
598 words 27 August 1991 Reuters News English (c) 1991 Reuters Limited TOKYO, Reuters – India hopes to receive substantial financial aid from a consortium…
INDIA WILL ASK IMF FOR MORE FUNDS – MINISTER
433 words 13 April 1992 Reuters News English (c) 1992 Reuters Limited TOKYO, Reuters – India intends to ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for…
Indian reforms are irreversible, lawmaker says
428 words 22 April 1993 Reuters News English (c) 1993 Reuters Limited TOKYO, April 22, Reuters – One of the architects of India’s radical economic…
INTERVIEW-Thai exchange sees 50 pct hike in market cap in 2002
662 words 19 March 2002 Reuters News English (c) 2002 Reuters Limited BANGKOK, March 19 (Reuters) – The head of Thailand’s stock exchange, one of…
Interview- Thailand sees growth over three pct
757 words 20 March 2002 Reuters News English (c) 2002 Reuters Limited BANGKOK, March 20 (Reuters) – Thailand will see growth of at least three…
Commonwealth chief says African democracy growing
639 words 20 March 1997 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, March 20 (Reuter) – Democracy has taken root in most African…
INTERVIEW-ADB chief not pessimistic over Yamaichi
667 words 24 November 1997 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (Reuters) – The collapse of Yamaichi Securities could signal…
An Agenda for India
“Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.” …
India, The Class Act
The Utter oddity of 21st century India still dancing to the tune of caste With this kind of rebellious example, how will fair play and…
INTERVIEW-India can’t be ignored – A.T. Kearney CEO
578 word 8 December 1997 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Global investors cannot afford to ignore India,…
India vows to move faster on power projects
538 words 9 December 1997 22:46 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (Reuters) – India will accelerate its drive to…
Pressure to Act Soon / Land Reform Issue Splits Aquino Aides
434 words 21 May 1987 The San Francisco Chronicle THREE STAR 27 English Copyright 1987 Manila …
Philippine National oil head opposes privatisation
1 June 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 1 – The head of Philippine National Oil Co said the proposed privatisation…
Philippine Coconut Chief to lobby against EC tax
106 words 1 June 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 1 – Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) chairman Jose Romero said he…
Philippine Central Bank Chief Sees Health Growth in 1987
282 words 2 June 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 2, Reuter – The Philippine economy’s impressive growth in this year’s…
Philippines Revises Reform Plan, Puts Off Land Distribution
517 words 3 June 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 3, Reuter – The latest draft of the Philippines’ ambitious land…
Japan Pledges More Economic Aid for the Philippines
532 words 3 June 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 3, Reuter – Japan will expand its assistance to the Philippines…
Manila Bank Closure Exposes Strains in Philippine System
815 words 8 July 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 8, Reuter – The closure last month of the Manila Banking…
Philippine economy grows fast enough to fulfil Manila’s aims
182 words 8 June 1987 The Toronto Star MEZ B11 English Copyright (c) 1987 The Toronto Star MANILA — The government is aiming at GNP…
Land Bank Chief Criticises Philippine Land Ceiling
782 words 11 June 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 11 – Proposed land reforms that would limit all holdings in…
Manila Central Bank Chief Welcomes Debt Compromise
584 words 11 June 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, June 11 – Philippine Central Bank Governor Jose Fernandez said he welcomed…
Manila Debt Pact seen pre-empting new Congress
716 words 20 July 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, July 20 – The speedy and cordial conclusion of a 13.2 billion…
Philippine Central Bank Report on Economic Performance
663 words 21 July 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, July 21 – The Philippines’ foreign debt was 28.58 billion dollars at…
Aquino land reforms seen to stop short of radical change
588 words 22 July 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, July 22, Reuter – Held out as a radical step that would…
Row Intensifies Over Philippine Oil Privatisation
796 words 23 July 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, July 23 – A row over the proposed privatisation of Petron Corp,…
Protests Mount Over Aquino’s Land Reform Program
434 words 23 July 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, July 23, Reuter – Protests by both landowners and poor farmworkers mounted…
Aquino Lashes out at Creditors, Vows to Fight Enemies
482 words 27 July 1987 English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, July 27, Reuter – President Corazon Aquino lashed out at the Philippines’ creditor banks…
Philippine Minister Attacks Call for Debt Repudiation
396 words 7 August 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Aug 7, Reuter – The growing call in the Philippines for…
Foreign Firms to be allowed Manila Listing
380 words 18 August 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Aug 18 – Foreign companies will be allowed to list their stock…
Manila Oil Price Rise Seen Nudging Up Inflation
412 words 20 August 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Aug 20 – Last week’s 20 pct rise in the prices of…
Philippine Landowners warn of violence over reforms
389 words 25 August 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Aug 25, Reuter – A major coalition of Philippine landowners today labelled…
Aquino Faces Uphill Task in Economic Recovery
557 words 19 October 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Oct 19, Reuter – Philippine President Corazon Aquino can expect a volley…
Philippines Worried About Commodity Prices
617 words 9 November 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Nov 9 – Any fall in commodity prices resulting from the crash…
Manila Rates Rise as Pressure Grows on PESO
599 words 1 December 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Dec 1 – Short-term interest rates have shot up in the Philippines…
ASEAN Moves to boost regional economic cooperation
649 words 14 December 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Dec 14, Reuter – Spurred by shrinking markets and the spectre of…
Takeshita Pledges to open markets to Asean
15 December 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Dec 15 – Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita marked his first foreign trip by…
Mathematics Of Ragas
When Frenchman Bernard Bel and American Jim Arnold met by chance in a Delhi hotel in September 1979, it turned out to be a momentous…
Toilet – Training India
On September 25, the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Gates Foundation’s Global Goalkeepers Award in New York for his leadership of the Swachh…
BANK THE RESERVE
The government must resist the temptation to dip its hand in the till The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) is the best-run company in India:…
Show Me The Jobs
Let’s quit beating the bushes and chase the real quarry The government is striving mightily, but the needle is moving inexorably lower on the jobs…
A first-rate problem
I believe the government is counting too much on the RBI to wield the magic wand India’s economy is lurching like a car with two…
Close, But No Cigar
What lies ahead? A messy GST rollout could be one shock too many after demonetisation… Finance Ministers take on a certain air when they think…
Finger on the pules?
Modi has promised to double farmers’ incomes by 2022, but angry farmers have lost faith Two-thirds of Indians depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. As…
Keep The Ballast
We need our institutions as much as we need our democracy Narendera Modi’s first term in office will be bracketed by malodorous stand-offs with two…
Viral Fever
The only antidotes to fake news are truth and commonsense Start exercise your smartphone thumb, because the next big election will be fought on our…
Clutching At Straws
Palliatives, pain-killers or band-aids: take your pick We are so frozen in the headlights of the on rushing slowdown that even a flicker leads us…