The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, January 08, 2009

OPINION

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Satyameva jayate!
How apt! Truth, or Satyam, has finally prevailed. But sadly, the rather inaptly named Satyam Computer may not survive the gigantic fraud committed by its own progenitor, Mr Ramalinga Raju. The unravelling fraud, only ...

TERRORISM: Is India heading for a diplomatic quagmire on Mumbai carnage?
The forthcoming visit of the Home Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, to Washington, with evidence of Pakistani involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage marks the end of the first phase of India’s efforts to seek international understanding ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Kenneth Raju Lays himself off
In movies, as in novels, the second half is always more riveting. The unfolding Satyam saga promises much the same with the second round of revelations — contained in what appears to be a mea culpa by its chairman Ramalinga ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Whither the auditors?
India’s version of Enron has finally happened. Satyam-Gate had to occur in the IT industry since the largest numbers in terms of investments, revenues and profits over the years have come from this ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: There is a hole in my books, dear investor
We have just come to know of a gap in Satyam’s financial statements. For the first time in living memory, an iconic company in India is facing collapse because of financial reporting failure. The shocking revelations about ...

EDITORIAL: Truth failed
The confessions of Mr Ramalinga Raju, Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, that he is guilty of cooking the company’s books to the tune of over Rs 7,000 crore amount to a huge fraud, perpetrated not just on the company’s ...

LETTERS: Satyam fiasco
The resignation of the Satyam Computer Services Chairman, Mr Ramalinga Raju, has come at a time when the company is yet to recover from the blow of the Maytas episode. The confession by Mr Raju that the balance-sheet has been fudged over ...

INTERVIEW: When a management is intent on committing fraud…
The Satyam episode is all over the place. Who are responsible for this largest ever corporate scam reported in the Indian context? “Obviously, the primary responsibility to report ‘true and fair’ representation of ...

Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrashekhar • S Murlidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranabir Ray Choudhury • Rasheeda Bhagat • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh

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