The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 28, 2004

EDITORIAL
Life breath for Kyoto Protocol
LIKE PHOENIX, THE Kyoto Protocol will rise, with Duma, Russia's lower house of Parliament, ratifying the pact, and clearing the way for the long-delayed climate change treaty to come into force worldwide. The UN-brokered 1997 accord, which aims ... More

ACCOUNTANCY
Into the easy-hearted man and hugged into snares
"BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court," is how John Milton's poetic masque Comus begins. Equally interesting is the verdict in the Essar Oil Ltd case that came a few weeks ago from the airy ... More

A number to count on
Krishna Sharan Mishra on the advantages of the Unique Identification Number More

Big brother watching the Big 4
Mohan R. Lavi on the review by the PCAOB of the work done by the US accounting firms More

MANAGEMENT
Global executive
A PREDICTABLE corollary of globalisation is the growing need to attune managerial personnel of all categories to the multifaceted and cross-cultural complexities of its challenges and demands. In a real sense, ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Quandary of cane, cotton and onion
Farmers were promised policies that eliminate price-depressing moves and lighten the burden of loans and interest. But the Maharashtra Government is trying to revive the Cotton Monopoly Procurement Scheme, the zone bandi system for sugarcane and a pointless liberalisation of onion trade. Are these policies really farmer-friendly, wonders Sharad Joshi. More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
How export enclaves can deliver
IT IS heartening that India aims to garner 1.5 per cent of world trade by 2009. Notwithstanding a buoyant growth rate recorded by exports in recent months, the country can ill-afford to forget ... More

CARTOON
Sticklish issues
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