The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, June 21, 2007

ACCOUNT SPEAK
Effective audit committee can ensure financial reporting quality
With regard to quality of the work done by the auditor and rules relating to his independence, Clause 49 has surprisingly not dealt with this subject matter at all, even though it can have a deeper impact on the quality of financial reporting. MR NAVIN AGRAWAL, DIRECTOR, ERNST & YOUNG INDIA. More

INDIA INTERIOR
Caring for the tribals and the wild
Twenty-five-year old Yasmin stands waiting in the queue with her daughter and son for medical attention. A wood spider had bitten her two kids and the right side of her son's face was black and swollen. Yasmin is tense but does not show it. Dr ... More

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
REIT rhymes with `sweet'
You don't have to be a multi-millionaire to own "a piece of property in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Sydney, or even Seoul or Kuala Lumpur," assures Dominic Whiting in Playing the REITs Game (www.wiley.com). Yes, the secret `real' key ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Staff leaving talk hurts JM Fin
The stock of JM Financial has been declining for the past week on news that it's top management have put in their papers to join Morgan Stanley. The stock has been down 1.96 per cent week-on-week and over 7 per cent for the month. It continued to ... More

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