The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, July 25, 2002

Corporate earnings — Restoring realism and sanity
INTENSE shock, anger and despair have been replaced by the will to reform corporate capitalism. We believe that the reform of corporate capitalism can be and will be accomplished by restoring realism and sanity to corporate earnings. We expect ... More

EDITORIAL

Shadow fight
THE INSTITUTE OF Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), which already has its hands full with cases of professional negligence, has a new, sensitive and challenging assignment ahead: . It has to go deep into the findings of a recent "study" by ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

India must follow the Chinese model — Telephone and Internet penetration
CHINA now has the largest number of fixed (190 million) as well as wireless (160 million) telephones, having surpassed the US a few months ago. It is installing 50 million mobile phones and over 20 million fixed telephones a year. These are ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Quarter to quarter
R. Anand on the problem areas in interim financial reporting More

The GAAP shows
Pratap Ravindran on how the Indian standards fare against their global cousins More

One-stop shop
THESE days, it is not enough for cricketers to bat or bowl; they need to run restaurants. Bookshops have to vend music, gifts, toys and mugs, and also books. Similarly, railways cannot simply stop with ferrying passengers and moving cargo. ... More

TRENDS

Bombast!
IN the days of the Raj, to be assured of bright prospects in one's career, one had only to have a strong command over the English language, irrespective of one's field of specialisation. As a routine, a measure of eloquence was expected in ... More

LETTERS

Unfair fare?

Amnesty International

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Corporate earnings — Restoring realism and sanity

India must follow the Chinese model — Telephone and Internet penetration

Govt sets up panel to tone up tea industry

Country facing worst drought in over 10 years: Ajit Singh

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Guide to derivatives

Looking back
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God save farmers from the cow

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