The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 05, 2002

UK firewalls IT jobs
THE UK GOVERNMENT tightening up work permit rules for overseas IT professionals seeking employment in that country is hardly surprising. The global euphoria about the IT sector as a whole, which peaked in early 2000, is now a thing of the past. ... More

ECONOMY

Latam woes may weigh on world economy
FAR from being set on the path of robust recovery in 2002, the world economy has been encountering new risks that can devastate financial markets, undermine investor confidence and prolong the slowdown to the detriment of developing countries. ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Avarice at the top
S. Murlidharan says that a company's top management should not be allowed to walk away with mind-boggling remuneration even as shareholders are given the short shrift More

Too many cooks
Regulatory bodies are falling over one another in setting up committees to counter accounting scandals. But will this help, asks Mohan R. Lavi More

Idlis and pizzas
OF LATE, I have been working extra shift, as the honorary adviser of local CAs, apart from my usual duty as the statement churner of my CM. But, as luck would have it, I do the same thing in both the places — baiting the firangis. ... More

Wake-up call

POLITICS

Election clouds over Kashmir
With the National Conference adopting a new strategy, the Kashmir unit of the BJP riddled with factionalism, the Congress(I) losing credibility in many areas and fissures developing even in the Hurriyat, the coming election in Jammu and Kashmir is se t to throw up many surprises, writes Rasheeda Bhagat from Srinagar. More

WATER MANAGEMENT

The feel-good Narmada effect
IT IS like the proverbial Mountain going to Mohammed. In certain parts of Gujarat, the allusion to Mohammed may not be wholly palatable even in jest, but some of the recent happenings seem to justify such a reference. And, for once, it has ... More

LETTERS

Alarming proposal

Repeated bail-outs

Telecom mergers

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