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Thursday, March 09, 2006
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FERTILISER FETTERS
Any company would be keen to move its product wherever it can find a buyer, provided it can make a profit on it. More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Leveraging the mobile phone revolution
The mobile phone is now being used for small-time financial activities, such as information on prices and billing settlements. But the important development that service providers and bankers should work towards is to make it drive a retail credit revolution, says R. VAIDYANATHAN. Telecommunications will emerge as a major competitor to financial institutions. More

ACCOUNTANCY

Why central bankers should play `war games'
The latest e-mail alert from the Bank for International Settlements (www.bis.org), dated March 8, has a link to an interesting paper. Titled Architects of stability? International cooperation among financial supervisors, and ... More

Strict guidelines for asset securitisation
There's a need to include troubled assets in the securitisation norms More

The unexplained retreats and status quo
What ought to have been scrapped was the Banking Cash Transactions Tax More

Numbers spill the beans
Published accounts are juicy stuff in the hands of the skilled analyst. Which is what makes Accounting & Analysis: The Indian Experience 2006, from Global Data Services of India Ltd (GDSIL), an interesting professional read. The book is in ... More

LIFESTYLE

Life's joys
One disturbing aspect of modern-day living is missing out on the small joys of life. Just ask yourself these questions: Do you exchange pleasantries with your neighbour at least once in two days? Do you ask your ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS

IMF REFORM
Internationalism on the mend
The International Monetary Fund should engage industrial and emerging markets more. Not only do they constitute a natural and legitimate forum for much-needed multilateral dialogue, but also act as a more effective one. More

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