The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 16, 2008

OPINION

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: Guidelines for the concession space
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has brought out the exposure draft on Accounting for Service Concession Agreements, eliciting comments from the stakeholders for its application from April 2009. It has presented a ...

INTERVIEW: Accounting debates on carbon credits
While there can be no two opinions on whether carbon emissions should be reduced, there appears however to be a continuing debate among companies on how to appropriately account for carbon credits. "At present there is no authoritative ...

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Ninja and Dinky
No income, no job and no assets (Ninja) is a popular acronym doing the rounds, though for wrong reasons. Those in the know aver that the US financial meltdown triggering off a worldwide contagion has its origin in ...

EDITORIAL: Synergy and the sting
“There is no point in fighting, because everyone is bleeding.” That pithy self-recognition by the Jet Airways chairman, Mr Naresh Goyal, summed up better than any figures could have just how much the Indian airline industry ...

ACCOUNTANCY: Bank balance-sheet disclosures
In recent times several nationalised banks have issued shares through public offer or offer for sale, and thereby such banks’ shares are freely tradable in the stock market. Banks also declare dividends and disburse the payment to ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: India-US relations — What will happen after Bush era?
Barely a decade ago, when Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee decided to announce India’s entry into the nuclear club, with the Pokhran tests of May 11 and May 13, 1998, an enraged President Clinton launched a global campaign commencing with visiting ...

LETTERS: Airlines in alliance
It is heartening to note that Kingfisher and Jet are all set to fly into a holy alliance. In adversity and turbulent times, one tends to look for the right companion. The strategic alliance that is being worked out by these airlines is ...

LETTERS: Financing shares
A sum of Rs 60,000 crore was released by the RBI to the banks with the obvious intent of shoring up share prices. The Finance Minister has promised many more crores for the ...