The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 09, 2006

From Monica Lewinsky to Sarbanes-Oxley
SOX, as you know, is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a post-Enron legislation enacted in the US in 2002. SOX gave birth to PCAOB, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. "A private-sector, ... More

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

Rhetoric of anti-dumping
OUR legislation on anti-dumping is about two decades old. The first case of anti-dumping was initiated in 1992, informs the latest annual report (2003-04) of the Directorate General of Anti Dumping and Allied Duties ... More

INDIA UNINC

FDI may be harmful to economic growth
The FDI mantra is considered an all-purpose panacea for the ills of the economy and society. Unfortunately, there has not been much debate about the far-reaching implications of FDI in our economy and, particularly, how it can stifle economic growth, says R. Vaidyanathan, presenting counters to the five arguments in favour of FDI and citing a research paper to buttress his stand. More

JOTTINGS

Thinking in pictures
MOST of us are prisoners of our mental conditioning. We think, by and large, as we have been brought up to think. Even when we believe that we enjoy freedom of thought, we may choose what we think but seldom how we ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Ripple effect from Down Under
SHARE prices of leading steel makers Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Tata Steel witnessed selling pressure on Wednesday, after Australia's largest steel producer BlueScope Steel, issued profit warning that excess Chinese production was ... More

SENSOR

Late-hour buying clips Sensex losses
TUESDAY'S strong bullish sentiment, which helped create history, was nowhere to be found in the early hours on Wednesday. The broad market indices opened on a weak note and moved in the red through out the day. A rally in the afternoon hours ... More

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