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By far the most important skill in business,” wrote the London Times’s Sathnam Sanghera in a recent column (also carried in this paper), “is the ability to tell a decent anecdote.” I think he’s right, especially when it comes to the old-fashioned way of doing business — face to face. “Frankly,” said Sanghera, “banter should be taught at school alongside Geography and Maths. Nothing will benefit your career more.”

Govt to encourage pvt investments in shipping
The Shipping Minister said today that the ministry is taking all possible measures to encourage private sector investment in the shipping sector as major ports alone require over Rs 36,000 crore private investment by March 2012.

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Railways to change land policy

The railway ministry is contemplating new policies for land acquisition, including job offers, for the displaced landowners, Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said in the Lok Sabha. - Bengal seeks firm rly plan on singur - Jagan joins TDP protests on Telangana - Cracks in Cong over Telangana out in the open - Insurance, pension bills face delay - White paper on Rly"s financial health likely on Dec 21 - PM, Cong brass assure non-Telangana MPs Replying to a debate on the supplementary demand for grants, Banerjee also said that her ministry was preparing alternative plans for projects so that if land was not available in a particular area, alternative sites could be used. Banerjee also said her ministry would save Rs 1,500 crore during the current financial year from the austerity drive initiated by the UPA government. The railway minister also feels it is better to delay a project for a few months than trying to forcibly acquire land. “What is the harm if a project takes two or four months more to start? We don’t want to force people to give up land. We don’t want to fight with people,” Banerjee said today.


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