The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 12, 2005

Beefing up regulators
THE Consumer Unity and Trust Society, based in Jaipur, has been in the forefront of efforts by means of well-documented studies and purposefully organised workshops to evolve policies and measures bearing on the process of liberalisation, demands ... More

ON THE MOVE

Container vessels tonnage glut may lower building prices
THE TOP 20 shipping companies control around 80 per cent of the container shipping capacity of 7.5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) and Indian flag-carriers are not even close. There are 10 container vessels ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

`No negative' is good news here
On a scale of 1 to 10, chances seem to be delicately balanced in favour of the bellwether going upwards by a few hundred points this week. More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

When nothing comes free, why not pay for research/advisory?
WILL you really make a huge mistake if you stick to your gut feel, past performance figures and not much else before you home in on the equity funds to invest in? Or, should the combination of gut and performance be enough to influence your ... More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

An Act that is 138 years old!
THE latest issue of `The Chartered Accountant', journal of the ICAI, should have reached the one-lakh-plus members a few days ago. What may arouse the curiosity of many is not only the facelift to the magazine and the envelope it is sent ... More

CHAT

With profits of the mind, study and fast
Sridevi tried to draw on a world map possible pipelines leading to India, Dakshinamoorthy spent time making a clay model of a town 5 feet below sea level, and Jogin went to the local zoo to check if the bear was firmly inside its cage! Khan ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE

Denmark's success formula: No fairy tale
ON THE 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, my wife and I drove over to the quaint island of Fiona in Denmark, where Odense is located. It was here that the famous story-teller was born. We had always wondered ... More

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