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Monday, July 21 1997

Letters to the Editor

ITC: back to a clouded future

Get used to a cliche: smoke clouds are looming over Virginia House. Forget: ITC Ltd and BAT Industries are finally smoking the peace pipe. For as ITC once again finds itself in the news for all the wrong reasons, it is clear that the struggle for management supremacy is far from over.

Negotiations: talking about problems

We can work it out: the Beatles hit could well be a corporate anthem, given the vital importance of negotiations these days. A study, conducted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and circulated by the Conference Board of Canada analyses smooth negotiations.

Bottomless pit

If the central government staff is not happy with the cabinet decision on the Fifth Pay Commission report and is threatening to go on strike, it has more to do with the vulnerability of the present regime rather than the content of the follow-up action taken.

They flew by night

Contrarywise in Kochi

Smiling for profit: banks learn to please