The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 11, 2003

To break auditor-management nexus...
SEC lays first brick of Chinese wall
By stipulating that directors who sit on a company's audit committee must come from outside the firm, the US SEC is trying to create a parallel and presumably independent structure on the board, headed by the nominee directors who, in turn, would ove rsee the functioning of the outside auditors. More

EDITORIAL

Tread with caution
THE INDIA-SINGAPORE ACCORD to work towards a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) is the result of the recommendations by the joint study group set up by the two countries last year to improve trade and other ties between the two ... More

POLITICS

Iraq: The uncertainties ahead
The US has decided that as the victor it should call the shots in Iraq, and the country is to be governed by serving and retired American diplomats, military officials and security experts. While Iraqis may accept such an arrangement initially, thei r resentment could quickly turn violent should the impression grow that the main Washington aim is to secure a long-term presence in the country and to profit from its oil resources, says G. Parthasarathy. More

Lawrence of Iraq
SO there was Saddam Hussein having a quiet sappad with his sons and buddies in a downtown Baghdad restaurant when the Americans dropped three 200-tonne bombs on his lamb kebabs. I guess it is one way of re-arranging the décor, and ... More

Man of the War
IF there can be a Man of the Match in cricket, why not a Man of the War? On March 20 itself, when the war in Iraq started, courtesy the US, I decided to father a new tradition — of selecting a Man of the War from among the many deserving as ... More

INTERVIEW

`For LTTE, federalism means confederalism' — Mr Jehan Perera, Director (Research and Media), National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
WITH both the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam having virtually no option but to stay within the peace negotiation, the talks are on track, says Mr Jehan Perera, Director (Research and Media) of the National Peace ... More

LETTERS

Long-term credit

Population control

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