The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 23, 2006

Keep on the right track
FOR DECADES THE one claim to fame that India could justifiably make was its largest rail network in the world. Yet over the years the Indian Railways had an accompanying claim to inefficiency of services, under-utilisation of capacity, and ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Shifts for good?
Mohan R. Lavi on the move to alter the appointment process in bank audits. More

Enough of being the twelfth man
TARTAR limbo. A place worse than hell, describes Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors. He speaks of the devil there, with a hard heart `button'd up with steel'. Adds Dromio: "A fiend, a fury, pitiless ... More

Home dreams and accounting holes thereafter
HERE'S more on the global front. Fannie Mae is "a private, shareholder-owned company that works to make sure mortgage money is available for people in communities all across America," as www.fanniemae.com ... More

Virtues of consolidation
S. Murlidharan on the lack of transparency in group investments More

Expert's advice on retail
WANT to arm yourself with knowledge about a happening thing? Try, The Art of Retail, from Vision Books (www.visionbooksindia.com). "It's fun to go to work because you are challenged every day with a new set of uncertainties about ... More

RAILWAY BUDGET

A rough journey down the line
THE third Rail Budget of the UPA Government is all set to be unveiled on Friday and the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, will once again show his legerdemain of keeping the rail users happy by not — resorting to ... More

EDUCATION

Lessons from educational loans
An education loan is an investment in the inter-generational sense and, hence, pointed policy formulations are urgently required in this sector, says R. Vaidyanathan, suggesting sustainable models for ensuring recoveries. More

RAILWAYS

Railways must shed baggage of the past
THE Railways' recent achievements in freight haulage are highly creditable. While more traffic is being lifted by the Railways than ever before, despite the barely improved wagon availability, it still has a long way to ... More

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Supreme commander?

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