FEELIN’ GOODĀ
IT IS GOOD THAT WE ARE FEELING BUCKLED UP AT THE BEGINNING OF 2018. Major economies expect growth in tandem for the first time since…
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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…
AQUINO, SECURE IN POWER, PUTS ON BRASS KNUCKLES
28 July 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ Ā EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, July 28, Reuter – Philippine President Corazon Aquino, secure in power near the end…
INTERVIEW-India FinSec sees high economic growth.
17 June 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, June 17 (Reuters) – India’s Finance Secretary Vijay Kelkar said on Thursday the…
INDIA LOOKING TO SUBSTANTIAL AID FROM IMF, DONORS, OFFICIAL SAYS
27 August 1991Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1991 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, Reuters – India hopes to receive substantial financial aid from a consortium of donors…
INDIA WILL ASK IMF FOR MORE FUNDS – MINISTER
13 April 1992Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1992 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, Reuters – India intends to ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for more contingency…
Indian reforms are irreversible, lawmaker says
22 April 1993Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1993 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, April 22, Reuters – One of the architects of India’s radical economic reforms said…
INTERVIEW-Thai exchange sees 50 pct hike in market cap in 2002
19 March 2002 Reuters News English (c) 2002 Reuters Limited BANGKOK, March 19 (Reuters) – The head of Thailand’s stock exchange, one of the best…
Interview- Thailand sees growth over three pct
20 March 2002 Reuters News English (c) 2002 Reuters Limited BANGKOK, March 20 (Reuters) – Thailand will see growth of at least three percent this…
Commonwealth chief says African democracy growingĀ
20 March 1997Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1997 Reuters LimitedĀ NEW DELHI, March 20 (Reuter) – Democracy has taken root in most African countries but…
INTERVIEW-ADB chief not pessimistic over Yamaichi
24 November 1997Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1997 Reuters LimitedĀ NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (Reuters) – The collapse of Yamaichi Securities could signal the end…
An Agenda for India
“Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.” Ā Prison Chaplain in A Clockwork Orange The ice…
Interview with Ursula Burns
“I use the word ‘blue collar’ purposefully at Xerox. It is the heart and soul of most economies” URSULA BURNS is the first African-American woman…
INTERVIEW-India can’t be ignored – A.T. Kearney CEO
8 December 1997Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1997 Reuters LimitedĀ NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Global investors cannot afford to ignore India, but Indian…
India vows to move faster on power projects
Ā 9 December 1997Ā 22:46Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1997 Reuters LimitedĀ NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (Reuters) – India will accelerate its drive to increase electricity…
Pressure to Act Soon / Land Reform Issue Splits Aquino AidesĀ
21 May 1987Ā The San Francisco ChronicleĀ THREE STARĀ 27Ā EnglishĀ Copyright 1987Ā Ā ManilaĀ Ā President Corazon Aquino’s ambitious plan to distribute land to more than…
Philippine National oil head opposes privatisation
1 June 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, June 1 – The head of Philippine National Oil Co said the proposed privatisation…
Philippine Coconut Chief to lobby against EC tax
1 June 1987 Reuters News EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, June 1 – Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) chairman Jose Romero said he would visit…
Philippine Central Bank Chief Sees Health Growth in 1987
2 June 1987Ā Reuters News EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, June 2, Reuter – The Philippine economy’s impressive growth in this year’s first quarter…
Philippines Revises Reform Plan, Puts Off Land Distribution
3 June 1987Ā Reuters News EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, June 3, Reuter – The latest draft of the Philippines’ ambitious land reform program…
Japan Pledges More Economic Aid for the Philippines
3 June 1987Ā Reuters News EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, June 3, Reuter – Japan will expand its assistance to the Philippines and encourage…
Manila Bank Closure Exposes Strains in Philippine System
8 July 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, June 8, Reuter – The closure last month of the Manila Banking Corporation, one…
Philippine economy grows fast enough to fulfil Manila’s aimsĀ
8 June 1987Ā The Toronto StarĀ MEZĀ B11Ā EnglishĀ Copyright (c) 1987 The Toronto StarĀ MANILA — The government is aiming at GNP growth of…
Land Bank Chief Criticises Philippine Land Ceiling
11 June 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, June 11 – Proposed land reforms that would limit all holdings in the Philippines…
Manila Central Bank Chief Welcomes Debt Compromise
11 June 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, June 11 – Philippine Central Bank Governor Jose Fernandez said he welcomed a compromise…
Manila Debt Pact seen pre-empting new Congress
20 July 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, July 20 – The speedy and cordial conclusion of a 13.2 billion dollar debt…
Philippine Central Bank Report on Economic Performance
21 July 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, July 21 – The Philippines’ foreign debt was 28.58 billion dollars at the end…
Aquino land reforms seen to stop short of radical change
22 July 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, July 22, Reuter – Held out as a radical step that would end decades…
Row Intensifies Over Philippine Oil Privatisation
Ā 23 July 1987Ā Reuters News EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, July 23 – A row over the proposed privatisation of Petron Corp, a fully-owned…
Protests Mount Over Aquino’s Land Reform Program
23 July 1987 Reuters News EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, July 23, Reuter – Protests by both landowners and poor farmworkers mounted today over…
Aquino Lashes out at Creditors, Vows to Fight Enemies
27 July 1987Ā EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, July 27, Reuter – President Corazon Aquino lashed out at the Philippines’ creditor banks today, charging…
Philippine Minister Attacks Call for Debt Repudiation
7 August 1987Ā Ā Reuters NewsĀ Ā EnglishĀ Ā (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ Ā MANILA, Aug 7, Reuter – The growing call in the Philippines for a repudiation of…
Foreign Firms to be allowed Manila Listing
18 August 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Aug 18 – Foreign companies will be allowed to list their stock on the…
Manila Oil Price Rise Seen Nudging Up Inflation
20 August 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Aug 20 – Last week’s 20 pct rise in the prices of petrol, diesel…
Philippine Landowners warn of violence over reforms
25 August 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Aug 25, Reuter – A major coalition of Philippine landowners today labelled President Corazon…
Aquino Faces Uphill Task in Economic Recovery
19 October 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Oct 19, Reuter – Philippine President Corazon Aquino can expect a volley of anxious…
Philippines Worried About Commodity Prices
9 November 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Nov 9 – Any fall in commodity prices resulting from the crash in world…
Manila Rates Rise as Pressure Grows on PESO
1 December 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Dec 1 – Short-term interest rates have shot up in the Philippines as the…
ASEAN Moves to boost regional economic cooperation
14 December 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Dec 14, Reuter – Spurred by shrinking markets and the spectre of global recession,…
TAKESHITA Pledges to open markets to ASEAN
15 December 1987Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1987 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Dec 15 – Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita marked his first foreign trip by…
Going for Gold
Seven and a half minutes into the movie Paan Singh Tomar a journalist asks the eponymous hero, played by Irrfan Khan, why he became a…
Caught In The Crossfire
Indian foreign policy has always suffered from contradictory tugs and pulls, and last month the Government exposed its tendency to over-react to global developments. Israeli…
BANK THE RESERVE
The Reserve Bank Of INDIA (RBI) IS the best-run company in India: transparent, diligent, accountable, and (ostensibly) inĀdependent. Its official capital is a paltry Rs…
KILLING ME SOFTLY
He took a deep breath of air. Once again he caught a strangeness on the wind, neither pleasant nor unpleasant, neither odour nor perfumeājust strange,…
APOCALYPSE NOW
Kanpur, Faridabad, Varanasi, Gaya, Patna, Delhi, Lucknow, Agra, Muzaffarpur. Nine of the world’s ten most polluted cities listed by the World Health Organization are in…
THE AIR IS THICK
The Good news is that both the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress seem to have finally woken up to the looming catastrophe of air pollution…