The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 15, 2005

A new bonhomie
THE POWER OF suggestion appears to be working for India. On the heels of the United States move to lift sanctions on Indian import of nuclear technology comes the prospect of France resuming supplies. Though vaguely worded, the joint statement in ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Promoters cannot afford to alienate accountants
K Srinivasan looks at company law reform in the area of accounts and audit More

An inquiry into independence
Mohan R. Lavi on ways to ensure independence of auditors More

What you need is a prefix, a pullover and a tattoo to complete the CAricature
MR BHARAT S, a chartered accountant, says he's afraid of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) implementing what he considers a dangerous idea currently being tossed about: The CA prefix. "How ... More

MANAGEMENT

JOTTINGS
Succession planning
The wise manager picks successors, based not on whom he likes and feels most comfortable with, but on who is right for the very different future circumstances, demanding different skills. More

BANKING

Banking on information systems
In the context of the need to achieve average annual growth rates of 8-10 per cent, the Reserve Bank of India would do well to review investments by banks in information technology. It should constitute a group that evaluates the technologies in use in individual banks and makes suggestions on the required investments for upgrading them within a set period, says A. Vasudevan. More

NATURAL CALAMITIES

Katrina blows in lessons on good governance
The image of the US administration as a model of good governance has taken a beating in the wake of the hurricane Katrina's devastation. When the Bush administration took over in 2001, many of FEMA's (Federal Emergency Management Agency) programmes w ere reduced or cut entirely. The war against terrorism and the war in Iraq have begun to take its toll. More

BOOKS

Cost control is firmly back in the corporate agenda
SUMPTUS censum ne superet, said Marcus Valerius to mean, "Let not your spending exceed your income". With that quote begins David P. Doyle's Cost Control: A Strategic Guide, from Elsevier ... More

LETTERS

Drug prices

Fuel price hike

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