The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 19, 2009

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BANKING: Managing risk and performance
In The Economist’s Special Report on International Banking, speaking on risk, the author quotes a bank boss saying that “the securities industry was based on revenue, not on risk-adjusted returns,” What does ...

RESTRUCTURING: Standalone, on one foot?
Demerger has quite a few rationales going for it. First is the conglomerate discount factor. A conglomerate, the market enthusiasts aver, is punished by the market players with a discount for dabbling in too many things. Thus a ...

HOTELS: Luxury hotels have more Indian guests this year
Local demand makes up for lower arrivals from abroad. Mumbai, Nov. 18 If you wanted proof that the recession has not hit India that hard, consider ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Basmati exports may top 2.5 mt
Ahmedabad, Nov. 18 With a bumper crop of 40 to 45 lakh tonnes of basmati expected this year, the rice export may be around 25 lakh tonnes in the ...

ECONOMIC OFFENCES: Koda scam: ‘All norms followed’
New Delhi, Nov. 18 Union Bank of India, which is under the authorities’ scanner in connection with the Koda scam, has denied the Tax Department’s charges that it did not report transactions of over Rs 10 lakh to the ...

ACCOUNTANCY: Transition from CST
The First Discussion Paper on Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India could not have been released at a better time when the indirect tax collections have dived by 13 per cent on a month-on-month basis. They have dipped 21 per cent (for the ...

OUTLOOK: Reclassifying financial assets
The CFO of a company is said to have remarked: “My accountant printed this year’s balance-sheet in colour-red.” Balance-sheets of many companies have been tainted over the last year and a half due to a combination of ...

OUTLOOK: Peninsular rains may last another week
Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall has been reported from parts of peninsular, east and northeast India as the moisture pipeline from the nearby seas sustained during the past 24 hours ending Wednesday ...

INVESTMENTS: Investments into Indian companies likely to pick up
Mumbai, Nov. 18 Investments into Indian companies, particularly in the infrastructure, insurance, and consumer goods sectors, will accelerate over the next six months on the back of valuations, which are currently reasonable, and an ...

PETROLEUM: Kochi port extends wharfage waiver for BPCL
Kochi port has extended wharfage waiver to BPCL-Kochi Refinery for back-loading of crude oil at Cochin Oil Terminal (COT) for one more ...

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