The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 29, 2009

OPINION

FOREIGN RELATIONS: A rising China flexes its muscle
The mouthpiece of China’s Communist Party, the People’s Daily claimed on October 14, 2009, that Indians have become “more narrow minded”. It accused India of “provocation” on border issues with ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Curbing insider trading
“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” This is one of the many famous quotes of the fictional character Gorden Gekko in the movie Wall Street. This statement has attained an evergreen status and ...

ACCOUNTANCY: Under-reporting of revenue?
Stanza 587 of the Tirukkural, translated into English would read: “A spy must search each hidden matter out, and full report must render, free from doubt.” The special auditor who has reported under-reporting ...

CORPORATE DISPUTES: Divisive demergers
The seeds of the Ambani brothers’ spat over the selling price of gas from Krishna Godavari Basin — discovered and harnessed by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) which is controlled by the elder brother Mukesh — to Reliance ...

EDITORIAL: Tempering lending to real estate
The Reserve Bank of India’s move to increase provisioning norms for advances to the commercial real estate sector can be viewed either as part of a prelude to a tighter money policy or as a mere cautionary measure. The RBI offers ...

TAXATION: A germane tax proposal
Over the past few days, two news items have appeared which may, if one wishes to see them that way, provide a basis for future governance of the country, which promises to bring in rich rewards for all and sundry. In fact, this could be tried out ...

LETTERS: A switchover
This is with reference to “End of easy money, says RBI” (Business Line, October ...

LETTERS: Balancing approach
This refers to the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy wherein the central bank has adopted a conservative approach in the current context (Business Line, October 28). The new policy is oriented towards ...

BOOKS: Beyond poverty lines
Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you, advises a helpful quote of Andy Warhol addressed to those worried about news stories. “Just measure it in inches,” he adds. By that handy measure, ...

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 • S Venkitaramanan

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