The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 10, 2002

The Mauritius tangle
UNCERTAINTY LOOMS OVER the taxation of FII investments in the country with the Delhi High Court quashing the circular issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes. The court has merely set aside the CBDT authority to direct the assessing ... More

ECONOMY

Gold: The glitter is back
AS THE Indo-Pakistan standoff shows few signs of yielding tangible progress as yet and as US equities continue their steady descent into realism, it might seem somewhat odd to begin with a discussion of the monetary policy decision of the ... More

POLITICS

Travails of Gen Musharraf
THE United Nations University hosted a conference on South Asia on May 27-28 in Tokyo. Not surprisingly, the focus of attention was almost exclusively on the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Delegates from South Asian countries, ... More

A firm straw in the wind
IT NOW appears that there is a firm straw in the wind which, if clutched by India and Pakistan, may lead to the subsidence (for some time, at least) of the war fever that has gripped the subcontinent. This straw is in the shape of the concept of ... More

Pakistan's missile-rattling
THE Pakistani military has benefited from the following sources in its efforts to acquire a missile capability: Largely indigenous with some Chinese inputs: Mainly the Hatf-1 (100 km and 500 kg) and Hatf-2 (300 km and 500 kg). Plans for ... More

STEEL

Steel price hike: Driven by supply cuts and speculation
GLOBAL steel prices have risen after quite a long time. While the going seems good for the moment, there are reasons to believe that, despite many favourable factors, the current run may turn out to be short, as happened several times in the ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS

Managing hospitals
HOSPITAL management is a very important and popular academic course in many universities abroad, especially the US which is a forerunner in its sophisticated approach to education. For a long time, it was thought that starting and running a ... More

PEOPLE

Heroes with clay feet
IT IS, indeed, remarkable how heroes of yesterday of American business lore have fallen flat in the aftermath of Enron. There was a time when American Chief Executives were most admired and frequently on the cover of business magazines and hogged ... More

LETTERS

Road traffic menace

BIS standards

Leadership matters

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