The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 29, 2006

OFFHAND
Welcome turning point
The decision of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, to attend the State Assembly on May 27 and participate in the proceedings will immeasurably gladden all those longing for ... More

WIDE CANVAS
UPA: Keeping the reforms flag flying
The Government has done a satisfactory job, more or less continuing the broad economic reforms that were set in motion by Dr Manmohan Singh himself in 1991. The UPA Government can take pride that the fundamentals have never been as comfortable a s they are now, as indicated by the way the recent stock market collapse was halted and operations returned to normality. More

ON THE MOVE
Gas transportation in full sail
Tankers on demand as LNG/CNG consumption rises More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Sensex may traverse in steady zone
Now it is time for domestic institutions to take the driver's seat More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Sharp dips pinch some funds more
It still makes sense to remain committed to equity funds More

ADR WATCH
Mixed week for Indian counters
Markets worldwide witnessed turmoil amidst volatile condition last week but bounced back after the US announced that its GDP grew 5.3 per cent (lesser than anticipated), which reduced inflation worries and thus a rate hike. The Indian market ... More

VISION 2020
Quota debate and the Orwellian doublespeak
The Government has shut the quota debate by pronouncing that it has decided. But this, says P. V. INDIRESAN, is iniquitous as it has ordained that no institution — even if it has no government patronage — can admit students free of caste bias. More than the number, the reservation debate must also be about how good are those that get admitted to institutions of higher learning. More

SAY CHEEK
Pappi and the biobull
After what happened to Kaavya's Opal not long ago, it may be natural if you veer clear of books by students. But this one seems different: "Anything for you, ma'am: An IITian's love story," by Tushar Raheja (More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
Big worries about Big Four
A recent alert on AccountingWeb reads, `Big Four Firms Face Huge Potential Liability in Global Audits'. The story, viewed already 1,808 times on www.accountingweb.com, speaks of fears in the European ... More

RANDOM WALK
Being creatively industrious
If the LDF Government can sustain the interest and goodwill of Kerala's entrepreneurs, it can hope to turn around the State's industrial fortunes. More

CHAT
Making a famine where abundance lies
Jogin plotted three projections for the week. Sridevi studied how the latest quake could impact different economies. Dakshinamoorthy checked gold futures to see if falls were overdone. Khan remembered to connect to the chat parivaar by ... More

JOTTINGS
Unending controversy
The controversy over legalised reservations for backward classes in higher education is unlikely to go away anytime soon. It is too emotion-charged to allow fact-based debate. There are such implied vested interests on all three sides — the ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Manipulating stock options for personal gain
Under the garb of designing a motivational compensation package intended to spur the executive to higher performance, the concept of granting stock options to CEOs has been hijacked by those in power to award themselves corporate funds. More