The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 04, 2007

EDITORIAL
Challenge for manufacturers
Domestic manufacturers, hit by a strong currency and cheap imports, need to sharpen competitive edges by cutting costs and upgrading technology. More

ACCOUNTANCY
Studied silence on monopoly
The Competition Act, 2002, which is at last all set to take off, with procedural glitches that were holding it back having been satisfactorily addressed, studiously avoids mention of the word ‘monopoly’. The earlier law that ... More

Protecting IPR
The next corporate battle for supremacy will neither be on the streets of Bangalore nor Mumbai for market share, nor in Dalal Street or Wall Street for large sums of money on beneficial terms. It will not be fighting global cost ... More

FOREX
Rupee appreciation upsets export arithmetic
Rising costs and an appreciating local currency can apply pressure on both the cost and revenue sides and render export trade quite uneconomic, says T. B. KAPALI. More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Derivatives not for retail investors
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INTERVIEW
Real estate developers looking at newer financing options
The FDI guidelines have created a lot of interest among foreign investors. But the real attraction for them is potential investment returns of 25 per cent and more in Indian projects that might be hard to come by in the US and Western Europe today. More

BOOKS
Think of clothing as an investment
Your shirt pocket is not a pseudo handbag and should not be the storage point for a selection of pens, notepads, cash and other items, chides Clare Maxfield. "You really only require one or two pens at most sitting in your jacket pocket for a ... More