The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 26, 2005

Now, BSE Limited
WITH THE SECURITIES and Exchange Board of India approving the corporatisation and demutualisation plans of the Stock Exchange, Mumbai (as the Bombay Stock Exchange is now known) the stage is set for the country's oldest and, until the advent of ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

The battle of numbers
Mohan R. Lavi on the questionable ceiling on tax audits More

A family tragedy in which the accountant played the villain
GANDHIJI said, "I have a very high opinion of the marriage tie. I hold that husband and wife merge in each other. They are one in two or two in one." This lofty thought seems to influence tax law too, as in the case of ... More

Share of incongruity
S. Kannan on the persisting anomaly in the definition of private and public companies More

POLITICS

Bihar: A pawn in political games
THE INK is not even dry on the Presidential proclamation dissolving the deadlocked Bihar Assembly and a war of words has broken out among the various leaders who want to take over the State. . From the two sides of the ... More

Schroeder's call for early elections: Political suicide?
GERMANY is passing through a phase of strong economic and political convulsions, with the surprise announcement by the Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroeder, that general elections would be held early following the ruling ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS

Chronicling the history of organisations
Many may consider the general absence of a sense of history as reflective of the country's ethos. The Reserve Bank of India has, however, demonstrated that this need not be so. It has shown that oral history has a place in the recounting of past even ts. Also, organisational histories must be supplemented with conversations with master policy-thinkers if future generations are to draw lessons from the past, says A. Vasudevan. More

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