The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, July 17, 2003

Pension by subsidy
A STATE-DIRECTED PUBLIC provision of goods at subsidised rates is something that one normally associates with such essential commodities as foodgrains or fuel. To the ranks of such goods as wheat, rice and kerosene now joins an investment product ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Investment in equity is a different kettle of fish
S. Murlidharan looks at the proposals on inter-corporate investments, guarantees and loans More

Men willingly believe what they wish
"FROM time to time, media carry reports of some members of our fraternity who get involved with not so savoury matters". Thus goes a line in the ICAI president's message written in early June, as if he had ... More

British companies victims No. 1
MORE than half of all UK companies have been hit by economic crime, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Economic Crime Survey 2003. The level of economic crime against UK companies exceeds that ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Looking beyond the bend
THE Prime Minister's National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) is clearly one of the best things that has happened in the country over the last few decades. All Indians are proud of the progress being made under this ambitious programme ... More

STOCK EXCHANGES

Will decreed demutualisation deliver?
No doubt, the NSE's functioning has brought investors the benefits of lower agency costs and reduced risk. But by prescribing its demutualisation model for all exchanges, the regulator may inadvertently be promoting the birth of superfluous but und erpowered clones with no USP, say G. Ramachandran and Ramachandra. More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Guest of honour
WE KNOW Mr Derivatives, sir, that the reception accorded to you was not as grand as you would have liked. We are, however, aware of your awesome potential to bring about permanent and lasting changes in any unwary ... More

LETTERS

TN govt employees

Tancredo Bill

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