The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 15, 2005

Yoga nidra for BPOs
THE recent report of IT and BPO work environment driving youth to seek counselling help, out of frustration, boredom and fatigue, and even contemplate suicide, is a disturbing reminder that there is a forgotten, but ... More

EDITORIAL

Open with caution
IN A MOVE expected to further open up the commodity futures market and allow large investments to flow into what was not long ago unglamorously staid business — commodity derivatives trading — the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Intellectual property in a whirl of a swimming pool!
THE latest press release from the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) informs that the second audit has found `no fraud or dishonest acts' in the organisation. The first audit was by WIPO's ... More

For a smooth dissolution of company
K Srinivasan on the Irani Committee's views on winding up of companies More

No `creditable' calls
M. S. Parthasarathy on the recent RBI guidelines that seek to curb unfair and deceptive credit-card practices More

FOREIGN TRADE

More gains in cartels than Free Trade Zones
THE Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has proposed a free trade zone (FTZ) with the Asean (Association of South-East Asian Nations). Like many mainstream economists, Dr Manmohan Singh thinks that free trade will beget ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS

Does the RBI need revamping?
With the rise of India as a global economic player and its financial stakes assuming mammoth and complex proportions, the scope and functions of the Reserve Bank of India need to be put on a sound footing. Emerging challenges such as financial sector and market stability and enlarging the concept of accountability through greater recourse to transparency all need a strong, independent central bank, says B. S. Raghavan. More

BOOKS

Infrastructure investment to reap demographic dividends
ABOUT a year ago, the world's focus was on the Indian Ocean because of the devastating earthquake and the Tsunami that caused large-scale destruction too suddenly for the affected nations to cope with. Despite the ... More

LETTERS

Broadband boasts
The editorial `Casting a wide net' (Business Line, December 14) talks of BSNL's various sops to woo customers. Despite the existence of such attractive offerings there is poor penetration of broadband. BSNL boasts of its social ... More

New US Fed Chairman

PURA mission

PF concerns

ONGC plans

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