The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 18, 2003

Japan Round Table
THE inauguration on August 16 at Chennai of the Japan Round Table reflecting the wealth of intellect, expertise and experience to be found in Tamil Nadu was a landmark event judged by any standard. The presence and ... More

EDITORIAL

A thread of hope
WITH THE high-power steering group,under the Planning Commission member, Mr N. K. Singh, handing out the much-anticipated debt restructuring scheme for the organised domestic textile sector, yet another textile relief package, the Textile ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TDSAT judgment — It is now the Government's call
PONDER over this for a moment: Ten days ago, following the announcement of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal judgment on limited mobility, the first patchy reports on the highlights of the judgment ... More

ECONOMY

Deficits and debt can trip growth
INDIA has been facing for nearly two decades the problem of large fiscal imbalances culminating in the balance of payments crisis of l991, which became the turning point on the road to a liberalised and market-driven ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Insider trading and efficient markets
SEBI charging Mr Samir Arora, former Chief Investment Officer of Alliance Capital Mutual Fund (ACMF), with insider trading in Digital GlobalSoft raises the larger issue of policing the capital market. The SEBI order ... More

DEBT MARKET

Now it is up to the bond market
How will the US bond market behave when the Federal Reserve is fighting deflation not with any unconventional or daring monetary policy but by merely keeping short-term interest rates at low levels and promising to do so credibly for as long as is re quired for the threat of deflation to disappear. V. Anantha Nageswaran takes a view. More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Naresh Chandra reports: A pale shadow of SOX
IN THE last few months most business newspapers and magazines have been occupied with the reports of the Naresh Chandra Committee Report, also called the Committee on Corporate audit and Governance. While acknowledging ... More

PEOPLE

Dr Jalan bids adieu to RBI
WHEN Dr Bimal Jalan took over as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in November 1997, his eminent predecessor, Dr C. Rangarajan, a successful practitioner of central banking, remarked: "I was a war-time general. I ... More

LETTERS

GM trade policy

Precarious position of EPF members

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