Accountancy
An overview of financial accounting principles
Agriculture
Plant Varieties Bill likely in Budget session
Community conservation - Plea for cess on farm produce sale
New India chief for MPOPC
Trade puts cotton crop at 163.5 l bales
Winter rains may lift wheat crop to 75 mt
S. American soya crop seen down marginally
China factor may lift turmeric exports
Airlines
`One of my styles is empowerment...of employees'
American Periscope
Facing competition in the retail business
Automobiles
Two auto web sites & One promoter
Banking and Finance
Bankers await fresh package to push reforms
Commodities
Copper: Stabilising at current levels?
Consumer Notes
Order, order
Corporate
Corporate Law Forum
General Motors trains sights on Gujarat
ICRA reaffirms ratings of Rane (Madras) NCD, FD
SEBI action against erring brokers
Matsushita to import microwave ovens
Matsushita: A sleeping giant awakens
Cos calling Cupid to court customers
Economy
Poverty, human development and dropout rates
Relax FDI rules: Camdessus
`Allow flexibility in policy-making: Maran
Editorial
Sinha's script
Environment
Plea to exempt foundries from EIA approval
Forex
Market on a hop, ignores liquidity signals
US economy robust despite four rate hikes
Budget to focus on fiscal tightening
Health
Inner beauty, the true winner
Information Technology
Infotech, an insurance for a lifetime
eProcess links with Worldware India
Web-based GIS system developed
Satyam goes places with its corporate intranet
Allsoft unveils 128-bit encryption software
It pays to surf the Web
IT briefs
Hyderabad to host e-commerce meet
Infrastructure
`Rate of return not final word for rail projects'
Kalam stresses on infrastructure development
Management
Saying it like it is
Miscellaneous
Technopreneurship
Development and freedom
Watch out for good sense
Business between the covers
Wild Valentines
Weaving a success story
ICAI seeks steps to boost capital market
Shram awards
Sharjah free zone team in India
Utkal Alumina's community project
Four former PMs for TERI meet
W.Australia eyes mining ventures
Fundamentals strong: Sinha
Excise dept launches `Train in a chain'
Petrochemicals
Indiachem 2000 from October 6
Power
Restructuring SEBs: The dilemmas
PSEG willing to wait for escrow cover
SSI
Minister leads SME team for US
States
Project on child labour in Tirupur garment sector
Pollution by tanneries in Vellore Dist - Report on compensation for ryots by May end
S.M. Krishna to consult industry on tax issues
Malabar farm sector facing crisis: Forum
Taxation
Vision 2020 - For a robust and rational tax system
The evolution of income-tax
Telecommunications
Telecom staff token strike tomorrow
Transport
A gusher at Vizag port
Foreign-flagged dredgers must pay their dues
Shipowners may miss LNG bus again
Paradip port not ship-shape yet
CII's overhaul plan for Kochi port
Transport planning - all roads lead to Natpac
Travel & Places
Hungary for more
Ask for the sun, moon and stars
The lair of looter-kings
