The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 20, 2002

Bottling up Coca-Cola
COCA-COLA'S DECISION to divest a 49 per cent stake in its bottling subsidiaries became inevitable with the Government holding firm that the company stick to the commitments it made five years ago when it government approval for pumping in ... More

ECONOMY

Sub-regional cooperation: Minimising globalisation risks
The objective of regional cooperation is for member countries to integrate into the world economy and to share the benefits of growth. Besides, the Asian experience also proves that regional cooperation could be a vehicle to minimise the risks of gl obalisation. More

Imports and BoP, post-liberalisation
While India's comfortable balance of payments position is in large part due to the inflow of foreign exchange in the form of remittances, deposits, debt and investment, it has also been helped substantially by the fact that the deficit on India's for eign trade has been contained at close to its 1990-91 levels during much of the 1990s and especially over the last two years. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh provide a preliminary assessment o f the factors behind this success. More

ACCOUNTANCY

The country cousin from Kolkata
THE recent demand by the Institute of Costs and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) to bolster it through legislative changes could be seen as feeble voices from a country cousin. Importantly, the plea seeks amendments to the company law and ... More

COFFEE

Draining the bitter cup
Coffee growers are in deep distress. Lasting and secure benefits will flow when India proves itself as a reliable supplier of quality coffee; and still better, if the country can supply minimum required volumes. The WTO agreements and IPR issues are not germane to the present plight of coffee growers. But this should not blind India from taking initiatives that will ensure permanent improvement in the coffee industry, says P. P. Prabhu. More

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`Derailing' promises

Bank staff retail lending

Gujarat elections

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