The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 27, 2008

OPINION

POLITICS: Obama gazes at Kashmir as Pak and Afghanistan simmer
The international community is evolving a strategy to prevent Pakistan from collapsing economically. With its foreign exchange reserves rapidly declining to a level that would meet only six weeks of imports, Pakistan is facing a situation ...

ECONOMY: A special Thanksgiving Day
We are at that time of the year when Americans gather with family and friends to take stock of their lives and to have a grand meal comprising turkey. Americans have a tradition of celebrating the fourth Thursday of November each year ...

CREDIT RATING: Grating for rating agencies
Who will judge the judges? Who will audit the auditors? Such questions, rhetorical as they might sound, have reared their heads time and again defying a satisfactory answer each time. The latest on the dock and on which the searchlight is ...

INTERVIEW: Changeover to IFRS is a complicated process
The number of companies reporting under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in India will be far more than anywhere else in the world, according to Mr Sai Venkateshwaran, a partner with consultancy firm, ...

EDITORIAL: Knotty cotton
The minimum support price (MSP) for cotton for the ongoing kharif season has become contentious, threatening to disrupt normal marketing activity. The Government finds itself in an awkward position, having to reconcile the conflicting interests ...

INTERVIEW: De-leveraging demystified
Crafting newer solutions almost on a daily basis, the global leaders and market regulators are grappling with a meltdown that refuses to be contained, much like a rogue elephant on the rampage despite tranquiliser shots. So, where are we now in ...

INTERVIEW: Go beyond financial analysis
Can reassurance be infused into the economy and the financial markets by mandating an additional set of disclosures in reporting by companies and financial institutions? "Though our reporting structure is amongst the best in the world, the ...

BOOKS: Diligence in downsizing
To stay afloat, many companies in the private sector are resorting to layoffs and downsizing, pay-cuts and stretched working. What has been the record of public sector enterprises, with regard to labour, especially during comparable times ...

LETTERS: Bank deposits and senior citizens
Seniors citizens have put their hard-earned savings in post office and bank deposits at interest rates of 8 and 9 per cent respectively. Currently, almost all banks are offering senior citizens around 11.25 per cent annual ...

LETTERS: Giving bombs a label
Society is polarised on religion, caste and race. Things have not changed at the grassroots level. We need to eliminate this through proper system of education, social consciousness and awareness. Religion has become a sensitive issue. This ...

LETTERS: Cut in air fares
. I am sure that airline companies in India will not reduce fares even if ATF is treated as “ declared goods” and all taxes on ATF are waived. These taxes have already been reduced significantly, still the airline companies have ...

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