The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 05, 2004

To get a sick company going, everybody chips in
THE balance-sheet of Y Ltd as on March 31, 2003, was as shown in Table 20. Note: Preference dividend is in arrears for last three years. A holds 10 per cent first debentures for Rs 4,00,000 and 10 per cent second ... More

What is there in BPO for me?
I AM a CA student. I come across the term BPO very frequently. What does it mean? S. Divakar, Bangalore Companies in many developed countries find the labour costs in their countries very high. To cut ... More

MANAGEMENT

SWATI CA

Not all salesmen are bad, some could be worse
STORY so far: CA elections are over and there are charges and counter-charges on who spent how much for the campaign. I have little time for this gossip, so engage myself with snatches of music in ... More

BOOKS

13 steps to write right and 36 great expectations
CHECKLISTS and questionnaires are nothing new for students of accountancy and auditing because much of their work revolves around all these `whether' questions that the profession itself is sometimes called `whether ... More

Deal with the reality before it deals with you
IF YOU are a new CEO and your company had ten thousand dollars to spare, you could think of attending a course that runs every six months. Called CEO Academy, it is a `boot camp' that offers the participants ... More