The Hindu Business Line : Friday, July 01, 2005

Non-executive directors in their twilight years
THE Tatas have added five more years to the retirement age of non-executive directors. But if you wonder who a non-executive director or NED is, you may not find a definition in the Companies Act. The legendary ... More

EDITORIAL

Tracking market malfeasance
THE DECISION OF the Securities and Exchange Board of India to create a Central Database of Market Participants and Investors Identification Number (MAPIN) has been controversial right from its inception in November 2003, though few question its ... More

ECONOMY

Japanese investments — Can China's loss be India's gain?
ACCORDING to a recent survey, Japanese firms operating in China are a worried lot owing to the anti-Japanese protests in April. A third of the 414 Japanese firms surveyed expected the stir to cripple their business ... More

PETROLEUM

Gas strike: Possible versus proven
The Krishna-Godavari basin find is `possible' and not `proven' till another three wells get drilled and confirm the results. The company was looking for a reprieve as even a `possible' gas strike attracts up to 50 per cent weightage with the rating a gencies. More

POLITICS

Iraq `worth it', but for whom?
ON WEDNESDAY, the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in his address to soldiers at Fort Bragg, one of the largest military installations in America, on the anniversary of the "transfer of sovereignty" in Iraq observed: ... More

RETAILING

Wal-Mart and China — Wholesale lessons for India's policy-makers
With its increasing exploitation of China's manufacturing capacities and cheap labour, Wal-Mart's dominance in the retailing market has redefined the power relations between the manufacturer and the retailer, with the benefits skewed largely in favo ur of the latter. China's extreme dependence on the US retail giant is a potential risk to its economy, says K. Subramanian, cautioning that the Asian tiger's experience must be borne in mind by those who advocate free flow of FDI into ret ailing in India. More

BOOKS

Being a hedgehog
PROF Jim Collins' book Good to Great has been making waves on the management circuit for some time now. And for good reason. In his book, the former professor of the Stanford Business School evokes the imagery of ... More

LETTERS

Investor worries

Educational reform

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