The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 31, 2007

FOREIGN RELATIONS
National Security and Foreign Policy — From skillful to amateurish
New Delhi has handled foreign policy and national security issues quite well. But lately, there has been some ham-handedness. More

SOCIAL SECURITY
Interesting challenges of PF schemes
A management and regulatory framework must be created to make the mandatory Provident Fund/pension schemes earn more. This will reduce the noise and debate about the interest rates. R. VAIDYANATHAN looks at the operations of the PF schemes, and to ma nage their burgeoning corpus suggests a Temasek Holdings-like organisation. More

EDITORIAL
Synchronising with Dhaka
With the army-backed government in Dhaka better disposed towards New Delhi, trade ties may improve. More

AIRLINES
Easy money for airlines?
Rush, rush, rush. One lakh tickets free. Any sector, any flight, for journeys made in such and such months. But they must be booked within the next few hours. There have been four such `giveaways' by Air ... More

ACCOUNTANCY
LLPs — a SWOT analysis
Winning Limited Liability Partnerships would be those that are professionally equipped to face global changes and challenges. More

Significant changes happening in the way M&A deals are done
One of the greatest shifts in the market environment has been the "hugely increased" role of PE firms in global M&A. More

In a knowledge economy, professionals require new skills
There is so much that can be achieved through co-operation, and everything to be lost through confrontation. More

CONTRA ENTRY
Accounting technician?
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is said to be all set to introduce a course nomenclatured Accounting Technician (AT) — probably just below a CA (Intermediate) and a bit distant from a full-fledged Chartered ... More

LETTERS

`Raining benefits'

Power: States' role

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