The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 18, 2008

OPINION

EDITORIAL: Whither corporate governance?
Satyam Computer’s announcement of an acquisition, subsequently called off within a day, is not so much an example of aggrandising behaviour by the promoter group as a manifestation of cavalier attitude, bordering on contempt, of ...

INTERVIEW: Two imperatives for automakers
Defend the business, and manage the evolving scenario. These are the two key areas that Indian automotive companies have to focus on, says Mr Rakesh Batra, Partner and National Leader - Automotive Practice, Ernst & Young. "This situation is ...

INTERVIEW: Families especially good at buffering stress
Have family businesses, despite their wars, shown a greater resilience during times of economic crisis, such as what we currently see? “Generally speaking, yes,” says Mr Nigel Nicholson, Professor of ...

ACCOUNTANCY: Disenchanted with disgorgement
It is now realised more than ever before that for white collar crimes assuming scandalous and scam proportions, disgorgement is the perfect remedy and poetic justice. For, it is the financial equivalent of eye for ...

BOOKS: Collect your receivables right away
When the economy hits a downturn, the numbers don’t look good at all. That’s what Jud and Terri learnt. All that they had done to increase sales worked, but in the process they were losing sight of some of the basics, narrate ...

ACCOUNTANCY: Buyback of FCCBs
Of late there have news reports on various developments relating to Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs). It was only in the late 1990s various corporations started leveraging FCCBs to fund their growth plans. It is an efficient ...

WTO: Doha Round: Slim chance of early conclusion
Since the time the mini Ministerial meet in Geneva was aborted inconclusively in July 2008 no major flexibilities have emerged, according to the WTO’s Agriculture spokesperson Mr Crawford Falconer, to justify hopes for an early conclusion ...

LETTERS: GM foods
While the Health Minister may have his own valid reasons to oppose GM technology, one cannot overlook hard scientific facts concerning the issue, especially relating to Bt brinjal, the first world-wide instance of a genetically modified food ...

Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrasekhar • S Muralidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranbir Ray Choudhury • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh

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