OPINION
EDITORIAL
A bar sans reason
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF Shipping has, perhaps unwittingly, set a cat amongst the pigeons by imposing age-related norms for tankers on international voyages to and from any Indian port regardless of the cargo carry. The Government has decided to ...
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ACCOUNTANCY
A deviation to `register'
The Depositories Act is not in sync with the Companies Act in the matter of register of members, says N. R. Moorthy
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Grim truths delivered sans sugarcoating
AT LONG last, the new helmsman at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has to start saying something apart from thanking everybody for having `elevated' him to the "highest chair of the accountancy profession ...
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Flogging a dead horse
Mohan R. Lavi on a case of `oppression'
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Will accountants enter the GAAR den?
LAST week, the UK Government summoned the heads of the big four accounting firms to the Treasury and warned them about selling tax avoidance schemes. After that `stunt', as TaxZone puts it, there are fears ...
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Invoice-activated software
Securitisation can get help from technology, says Phillip Kerle
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Recipe for success from a speculator
TRUCK-DRIVERS cruising through busy highways during nights would reveal a secret if only you were to ask them how they manage when shadows are deceptive and oncoming lights blinding: "Gut feel." Ditto with financial ...
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BANKING
Whose banks are these anyway?
Reforms and competition have done wonders to the health of Indian banks. But Indian banking cannot wish away the fact that many people do not have access to bank accounts. It is essential, therefore, that the client base be given pre-eminence while r anking banks.
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Central banking: In search of optimal structure
Describing the structure that lies beneath the policy decision-making of the Reserve Bank of India, A. Vasudevan feels that a monetary policy committee, of the type that exists in the UK, rather than the current Working Group system, may be t he better option though it would need some distinguished persons from outside the RBI.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Science and superstition
IT is intriguing how one is able to reconcile one's faith in science with pumpkin-smashing. It is sad but true that science appears to be slipping from its exalted position even as traditional beliefs gain supremacy. ...
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