The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 19, 2007

ACCOUNTANCY
Aligning cost audit and corporate governance
India can be the trend-setter in aligning the cost audit framework to enterprise governance which anyway have considerable synergies. More

Gender divide in fraudster profile
Are fraudsters generally men or women? The gender ratio is 85:15, finds KPMG's `Profile of a Fraudster Survey 2007'. However, female perpetrators are not to be ignored, alerts the report. Because the statistic could be influenced by `women's ... More

Don't brook any exception to rights
The pre-1960 position should be restored, as that alone will make the pre-emptive right of shareholders sacrosanct. More

FOREX
India need not fear a rising rupee
An appreciating rupee shows the strength of the economy and it will be folly to keep it reined-in. It would also be an insult to the great savers of the nation — the ordinary householders, says R. VAIDYANATHAN. More

POLITICS
Clerics raise a Challenge — The Talibanisation of Islamabad?
From the precincts of a Masjid-Madrassa complex in Islamabad, two clerics are challenging the writ of the quasi-military regime. More

INTERVIEW
Corporate compliance programme to combat the `corruption' risk
A typical compliance programme involves two elements: clear written guidelines that are made available to all personnel operating; and effective training of all personnel, particularly those in sales and accounting. MR DEEPANKAR SA NWALKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KPMG More

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