The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 08, 2005

Banks on a re-think
DATA ON SOURCES of corporate financing published in this paper last Sunday represent the flip side of the Reserve Bank of India's observations on commercial lending by banks. According to the latest RBI Report on Trends in Banking, 60 per cent of ... More

ECONOMY

What has been ailing the tax-GDP ratio?
TAX reform is an ongoing exercise. Apart from committees set up by the government, independent public institutions have been delving into the causes and cures for the phenomenon of stagnation in the ratio, which even the reform process, set in ... More

Why support to R&D is crucial
If India is to compete in the international markets for goods and services, it must give top priority to high quality advanced education in science and technology with a sharp focus on research and development. Only that can help meet the choices of goods and services that consumers exercise. In this effort, the private sector and the government must supplement each other with investments and incentives, says A. Vasudevan. More

ACCOUNTANCY

How true the forecasts
Mohan R. Lavi on a study about earnings forecast and stock price More

Crimes, chew'd, swallow'd and digested, appear before us
KING Lear says, "Tremble, thou wretch, that hast within thee undivulged crimes." In Hamlet, one comes across, "Feats, so crimeful and so capital in nature." And in King Richard II, the Bard writes about "These accusations and these ... More

LLP is no lollypop
S. Murlidharan on the issues of concern in the proposed limited liability partnership regime More

Audit routines, gas pipes, chickens and lawyers
"JUST as it is impossible not to taste honey or poison that one may find at the tip of one's tongue, so it is impossible for one dealing with government funds not to taste, at least a little bit, of the ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Management lessons from Dunlop
AN IMPORTANT object of this column is to draw, to the extent possible, generalisable managerial lessons from recent happenings in the business world. The recent collapse of the fortunes of General Motors was one such. The effort underway to ... More

LETTERS

Flood relief
It is unfortunate that though the whole of Tamil Nadu is reeling under the impact of the recent floods and despite two visits by the Central Team for damage assessment, sufficient funds are yet to be released. While the State Government ... More

Knowing-acting gap

Interlinking of rivers in TN

Volcker `adjournments'

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