The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 03, 2005

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

IMPRESSIONS

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

DOWN TO EARTH

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

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

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

JOTTINGS

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

EAR TO THE GROUND

Asian Electronics up on business prospects
ASIAN Electronics, a company manufacturing energy conservation products, was locked in the five-per cent upper circuit on Wednesday. The stock closed at Rs 225.10 on BSE with volumes of 16,174 shares. On NSE, it closed at Rs 226.05 with volumes ... More

SENSOR

Festive mood brightens market sentiment
THE festive mood appears to have kept investors going, with the indices gaining for the third consecutive trading session. The Sensex rose 128.6 points or 1.6 per cent to close above the 8,000-mark once again, at 8,072.7 points. Leading the ... More

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