The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 27, 2005

CA revamp on the ramp
SYLLABUS CHANGES DO not usually attract attention. But the `revamp' the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has been talking about is making waves owing to the structural alteration proposed to the professional accountancy course, CA. ... More

INSIGHT

One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him
FOR obvious and urgent reasons, we need to come to terms with horses of all hues in our midst, especially when top politicians trade insults on profits and losses arising from the use of stallions to tilt the power balance. Horse is a ... More

POLITICS

Budget session — Full play of acrimony, divisive issues
The issues that deeply divided Parliament persist, threatening to spill over to the next session in July. And it will not help matters if the NDA resorts to boycott again. More

BANKING

Banking M&As: Fusion and fission
The banking scene presents a strange spectacle of banks intensely competing with one another without being competitive, that is, cost-efficient. The mergers and acquisitions route provided a viable alternative to non-viability. The real test of the s uccess of a merger is making people connect to each other. More

MARKETING

Creating a market by segments
WITH satellite technology having entered our lives in a big way, the chances of us being bombarded with messages every second is extremely high. Messages are everywhere. When you wake up in the morning, the breakfast show on your favourite ... More

RETAILING

Retail boom: FDI can give the extra thrust
Fears expressed in certain quarters that FDI in the retail sector will short-change the local kirana stores and smaller players are exaggerated. On the contrary, it will to lead new economic opportunities and generate more employment. The policy-make rs would do well not to dither any more over opening the retail sector to FDI, says S. D. Naik More

Is Wal-Mart what the doctor prescribes?
THAT the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, met Mr John Menzer, President of Wal-Mart, once again created a frenzy in the pink papers and in the business pages of national dailies. Not since Mr Kenneth Lay and Ms Rebecca Mark came calling to sell ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Return on value
RETURN on value (ROV) is fast becoming the vogue word in corporate circles in the US as a more significant replacement of return on investment (ROI), and as a measure of the social and ethical conscience of an enterprise. This new sensitivity ... More

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