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Thursday, October 10, 2002
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Oil prospects
IT IS WELL-ESTABLISHED that ever since the oil sector was decontrolled, at the start of this fiscal, the revenues of the oil companies, both upstream and downstream, have increased appreciably. The margins of marketing companies on petrol and ... More

ACCOUNTANCY


Flaws on restructuring and sickness
R. Ravi on the drafting gaffes in the Companies Amendment Bill, 2001 More

Disclosure disconnect
It is time communication service providers were brought within a more transparent disclosure regime, says Ramesh Padmanabhan More

Hawkes Law
IT IS about a week since KPMG Consulting decided to embark "on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to re-launch" itself "with a new name" BearingPoint, using words "of navigation and destination". BP means "setting a direction to an end point", they ... More

POLITICS


Too early to celebrate in J&K
Elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly are finally over, and the Centre, the State government and the Election Commission have reason to feel satisfied that they were, indeed, free and fair. But until the results are out, it may be too early to celebrate, says Rasheeda Bhagat. More

WATER MANAGEMENT


Economic flows of river networking
The enormous drain of water into the seas, the paradoxical and perennial shortage of water for irrigation and drinking, and the floods in many parts of India must have often prompted the idea of networking the rivers. Now that the President has said the plan must be accorded top priority, it is hoped it will kickstart the economy and mitigate the problem of unemployment. More

VENTURE CAPITAL


Venture capital: Time to reflect?
Venture capital has been a remarkable catalyst of entrepreneurial activity in many developed countries. But the VC industry in India appears to be going through difficult times, its main problems being the poor quality of corporate governance and the inadequate legal grievance redress system. It is time the industry evolved a strategy to re-invent itself. More

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