The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 11, 2003

TAMP lines loosened
MOST ECONOMY-WATCHERS WILL see the granting of autonomy to major port trusts in the matter of fixing rates a cloud with a silver lining. An element of flexibility is being introduced in the functioning of an otherwise rigid system. The Tariff ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Bill and the bean-counters
S. Murlidharan looks at what is in store for accountants and auditors in the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003 More

Corporate perp walks and conference pep talks
LIKE the proverbial bad coin, here comes that date again, to poke at forgotten memories and restore faded visuals, and stir the embers of gloom. September 11 or 9/11 has got etched into history as much as B.C. and A.D. ... More

For a few silvers more
The revision in sitting fees payable to directors for attendance at board meetings is discriminatory, says N. R. Moorthy More

MANAGEMENT

Senior executive must be jack of all trades, master of few
SENIOR executives play a vital and significant role in the upper echelons of management. The efficacy of their performance will determine the success or failure of an organisation. As an executive moves vertically in ... More

RADIO/TV

CAS: Bouquet of problems
SINCE June, consumer groups have been cautioning against the implementation of Conditional Access System without adequate safeguards. A Cuts (Consumer Unity and Trust Society) survey of six Indian cities revealed the ... More

WTO

Cancun: Tentative and on tenterhooks
The WTO Fifth Ministerial aims to set a framework for putting the Doha trade talks back on track. But given the contrasting demands and aspirations of the members and with activists pitching for a development-oriented round, the outcome of the meetin g is anybody's guess, reports G. Srinivasan from Cancun. More

Confronting the heavyweights
INDIA, with relatively stronger fundamentals and macro-economic parameters, appears to be armed-to-the-teeth to canvas its own case and those of other developing nations at Cancun. Those championing the cause of ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Food standards and market access — Time for a new engagement
THE cola controversy in terms of the trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation appears well timed. All WTO trade negotiators of developing countries must be grateful to the exposé by the Centre for Science and ... More

LETTERS

Ill-effects of globalisation

Demand for gold

Overseeing IDBI

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