The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 09, 2006

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
`Accounting excites me'
To most people, accounting stirs up images that are far from exciting. Ashish K. Bhattacharyya may be an exception. "Accounting excites me," he writes in the preface to Indian Accounting Standards, from Tata McGraw-Hill ... More

EDITORIAL
Argument over rice technology
Field trials are the only way to establish scientifically the safety and commercial prospects of Bt Rice. More

AUTOMOBILES
Bypassing Detroit's bumpy road
As the Indian auto industry pushes forward with its aggressive global growth plans, there are lessons it can pick up from Detroit's current problems. ACHAL RAGHAVAN draws up some strategic directions for the domestic auto sector. More

ACCOUNTANCY
What ERM means for India Inc.
Indian listed companies have begun to realise that Enterprise Risk Management is not a passing fad, but is here to stay. More

For those in a milestone period of their lives
The first two most recent posts on www.icai.org are about IFAC (International Federation of Accountants). And only the third is about something closer home: "ICAI Thanks Finance Ministry for extending the ... More

ECONOMICS
Why gold prices and US interest rates move in tandem
Every time the Fed announces a decision on the US interest rates, gold prices also react. If interest rates are increased, gold prices go down, and vice-versa, indicating a negative correlation. The explanation offered is that when interest rates ... More

SPORTS
Good innings
Today's television-bred cricket fans can little imagine the charisma of the tall and handsome Polly Umrigar, who died in Mumbai on Tuesday, aged 80. The great Indian all-rounder's innings was over much before ... More

INCOME TAX
Can the tax preparers deliver?
It would be too much to expect tax preparers to deliver results which dyed-in-the-wool tax sleuths have not been able to for decades now. More

CARTOON
Pocket
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