ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Audit documentation norms to be revamped
THE basic principles and procedures governing "audit documentation" for audits of financial statements are in for an overhaul. The move to revamp the "audit documentation" principles and procedures comes nearly two decades after the existing ... More

CORPORATE DISPUTES
RIL board meeting - what's in store?
THE stock market surge on Friday, when the Sensex crossed the 6,500-mark, is said to have been buoyed by a 3.5-per cent spurt by Reliance as the punters anticipated great things from the Monday's board meeting. The market sentiment has, at its ... More

OVERSEAS BORROWINGS
Reliance Infocomm raises $750 m in loan deal
RELIANCE Infocomm Ltd said on Saturday that it had raised $750 million (about Rs 3,300 crore) by way of loans from Export Development Canada (EDC) and a US Exim Bank guaranteed line of credit, to finance its telecom project. This marked the ... More

NEW PROJECTS
Bajaj Auto adds Chakan facility into TPM fold
CLOSE on the heels of the adoption of the total productive maintenance (TPM) in its facilities at Akurdi and Waluj, Bajaj Auto Ltd has now included its youngest production facility, Chakan also into its fold of TPM. The Japanese Institute of ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT
JUSCO, Veolia to take up water supply, sewage disposal projects
JAMSHEDPUR Utilities and Services Company Ltd (JUSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, is talking to a couple of municipalities and water boards to see if it can take over the water distribution and sewage disposal functions. As part ... More

TRENDS
`More corporates turn to e-learning'
FOR induction and soft skills training, corporates are depending more on virtual universities. "And this is not just in IT companies, but in the non-IT sector too," says Mr Karthik K. S., Co-founder and Managing Director, 24x7 Learning, a ... More