The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 03, 2005

The Bangladesh challenge
The challenges posed by support to separatism and creeping demographic invasion by Bangladesh have to be addressed firmly and unitedly by India. While India should enhance cooperation with Bangladesh in areas promoting people level interaction and r emoving some of the excessively protective trade barriers, the overall approach should be one of carrot and stick, says G. Parthasarathy. More

EDITORIAL

Oily deals
THE CONCLUSION OF the Volcker Committee — which went into the administration of the UN-sponsored Oil for Food programme (OFP) in Iraq — that there have been illicit payments for securing contracts for supply of humanitarian goods will ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Managing earnings management
Mohan R. Lavi cites research on how tighter accounting standards impact earnings management More

Corruption isn't a natural disaster
BANGLADESH has once again topped the list as the most corrupt country, for the fifth consecutive time, in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2005 of Transparency International (TI), informs ... More

Needed, a new prescription
R. Anand on FBT and medical reimbursement More

Unsustainable economics of accounting publications
GASPING under the weight of accounting pronouncements? Well, you aren't alone. Try asking the next CA that you bump into, "Hi, how do you think I should apply the deferred taxes standard for discontinuing operations? ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Why retail sector needs FDI
SOME OF the parties supporting the UPA Government are opposed to foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail trade. One school of thought is that they are doing this as one never knows when they will have to take on the ... More

PRIVACY

The new Dataveillance era
It is interesting to watch the rift among the Marxist apparatchiks at the politburo on whether workers in IT industry need any help from their trade union wings to earn in addition to their high salaries and perks the right to hold back output, ... More

MARKETING

Marketing vs TQM
WE HAVE said before in this column that the fundamental goals of TQM and marketing in a business are the same. Both emphasise a customer-centric definition of quality, which is a moving target, and not a fixed ... More

LETTERS

Globalisation and labour policy

Rebuilding Brand Bangalore

Checking tax evasion

Wake-up call

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