The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 05, 2007

FOREIGN RELATIONS
The Persian Gulf Imbroglio — Challenges to Indian diplomacy
Having rejected the NPT, New Delhi would be well advised to stop preaching its virtues to Iran. It would be better advised to work with the Arab neighbours of Iran, to enable them to cooperate with Teheran on their proposals to make the Persian Gulf a nuclear weapons free zone. More

EDITORIAL
Duty distorted
The Centre seems to have deliberately skewed the cement duty structure in the inflation fight. More

ACCOUNTANCY
Oversight in the jungle
Good governance trickles down as positive results that benefit the common man, while poor governance distils as colourful words and phrases in public lexicon. For instance, in Indonesia, `politik uang' or `money politics' refers to fears ... More

From `RAGs' to riches
Revenue Assurance Groups as key differentiators for Telcos More

`Forms' of impracticalities in Companies Act
There are various anomalies and inconsistencies between the Companies Act and the Rules that make compliance difficult. More

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Private equity funds — Hedging the capital market?
The future will see a capital market in which companies will be listed and not shares. Private equity funds and hedge funds will compete to buy companies at the market-quoted prices and then re-distribute it as portfolios to reduce the risks, says R.VAIDYANATHAN. More

INTERVIEW
Aviation demands cost containment
The competitive nature of the industry often results in pricing that is more reflective of marketing strategy than of actual seat value. — RON KUHLMANN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SCORECARD More

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