The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 29, 2002

From World Cup to WorldCom
WORLD Cup is the mother of all international soccer competitions, and WorldCom, the mother of all evil accountants. While their traditional rivals, the accountants, are in a spot, the economists are just sitting back and watching the fun, when ... More

EDITORIAL

Audit questions
IT HAS NOW become apparent that the controversy surrounding the accounting practices of WorldCom is really not so much about some esoteric treatment of `capital' and `revenue' that causes so much hair-splitting among accountants. It is really ... More

ECONOMY

World economic order: New challenges under WTO
There is a high level of interdependence among the various countries; no nation can survive in isolation. It becomes imperative on WTO's part to balance the fruits from international trade between the developed and developing countries; any talk abou t just trade may be incomplete unless its benefits reach every economy, howsoever strong or weak it may be. More

POLITICS

Musical chairs
THE Prime Minister has said that the Cabinet reshuffle the nation has been expecting for some weeks will now take place "around July 1". As is usual in such circumstances, a whole lot of permutations and combinations have been offered in an ... More

TAXATION

Long on the buy
S. Murlidharan on Sterlite's buyback move More

Pay the squatters
The cost involved in eviction of encroachers should be considered in working out the tax payable, says T. C. A. Ramanujam More

Public black hole
TO STAY in power, governments have to demonstrate that they care for the people which is most easily done by seeming to spend more on services, and that pinches resources till a point comes when it is necessary to raise taxes to rake in funds ... More

Company responds

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

What hampers Indian exports?
THE growth rate of India's exports over fiscal 2001-02 was a negative 0.08 per cent — a big climb-down from the 11 per cent compounded average annual export growth over the last 10 years. One may seek comfort in the fact that in 1991 most ... More

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