The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 02, 2006

It's risky to leave the risk unmanaged
MANAGEMENT of market risk is a major concern of the top management of banks. The board articulates market risk management policies, procedures, prudential risk limits, review mechanisms, reporting and audit systems. The policies should address ... More

Perish the procedures that don't deliver
INDIAN bureaucrats, as a British playwright described, are "a bunch of bumbling nincompoops", notes the back cover of Ashwani Lohani's Winning at Work Against all Odds, from Wisdom Tree (www.wisdomtreeindia.com). The author, ... More

EDUCATION

One script for a dozen languages
KRISHNASWAMY Kasturi is an energetic octogenarian. Ever since he retired as Station Director of All India Radio he has been working on a common script for Indian languages. And the result of his work is available on More

STOCK MARKETS

Baskets of X
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Bull's Eye
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EVENTS

Number Crunch - 400
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Just Do IT
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INCOME TAX

Can I take back what I gift in fear of death?
Because under the Indian Succession Act, gift made by a person in contemplation of death can always be gotten back. The anxiety underpinning this is the law should not cast its imprimatur on a transaction done in a weak moment. But then ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Expulsion of MPs
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TRENDS

Business-a-Verse
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BOOKS

One more year of poverty begins for the ignored Indians
OUTSIDE the ostentatious celebrations ringing in the New Year are those who form the subject matter of a new book from Oxford University Press (www.oup.com): Handbook of Poverty in India, edited by R. Radhakrishna and Shovan ... More

ECONOMY

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Can I take back what I gift in fear of death?

One script for a dozen languages

In Focus

Dynamic Tirupur

Trends in IT - 2005

FDI in retail sector

Indian Aviation: Sky is the limit

India Inc's bonus bonanza

India Inc's overseas acquisition

In Depth

Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Tax Talk

Looking back
Dec. 25-Dec. 31
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Do pre-Budget memoranda serve any purpose?

Risk management of Treasury operations in banks