OPINION
EDITORIAL
Trading with Pakistan
THE COMMERCE MINISTER, Mr Arun Jaitley, believes that good interaction and trading ties between India and Pakistan can only "lead to a win-win situation" for both countries. But the perception is a bit different across the border, as indicated by ...
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ECONOMY
Lessons from US recovery
The greatest strength of the Americans is their willingness and ability to learn from their mistakes. Whether it is corporate governance, streamlining the supply chain, outsourcing or manpower restructuring, the Americans discuss their problems openl y and find structural solutions.
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ACCOUNTANCY
Margin of error could grow thinner
Mohan R. Lavi on the evolving law in the sphere of audit liability
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GLOBE TROT
Big bells for the fat cats
HERE, we have accounting bodies protesting against government's moves to scrutinise expense heads, as if their autonomy gets violated in the process. But in the US, the supposed-to-be land of free enterprise, the ...
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New helmsmen on India cruise
LAST week, the new helmsmen of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India were in town and there was the usual felicitation, with a line of past presidents the city can boast of doing their routine task of saying ...
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Now is the time to call it quits
N. R. Sridharan and R. Balasubramaniam on why defunct companies should not miss this last chance to `exit'
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Get IT in SOX
What's information technology got to do with Sarbanes-Oxley? Jonny Cheethom finds out
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Poor can pay more for credit than rich
CHARTERED accountants are an unusual lot, because they never get into serious discussions of a macro nature, such as fiscal policy or national income. Nor do they busy themselves with grass root matters such as ...
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ENVIRONMENT
Sustainable industry concept gains ground
IN many American States, especially Oregon, the by-word in the industrial scene is "sustainability". Much like the green-home concept, which has gained ground in the housing sector, the idea of sustainability is also ...
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CREDIT MARKET
In defence of the commercial banker
The banker has become inactive because of the sharp spurt in the the size of government borrowing in recent years, the relative growth of the services sector that traditionally has not been dependent on banks, and `information asymmetries' due to whi ch `adverse selection' of borrowers can happen, says A. Vasudevan, suggesting ways to overcome the adverse selection.
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LETTERS
Commission for farmers
Government guarantee
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