The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 27, 2005

Post-office makeover
IT IS INTERESTING that the Postal Department, having just completed its 150th birthday, should seek new apparel, those of a banker. With over 1,50,000 offices and 5,90,000 staff, it has the reach of no other organisation; yet its girth is now a ... More

POLITICS

It is introspection time for Congress in J&K
IT IS introspection time for the Congress vis-à-vis its turn to take on the reins of administration in Jammu and Kashmir. The party's pact with Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's People's Democratic party (PDP) to share the chief ministership of the ... More

TAXATION

Taxing problems
CORPORATE lawyers have made structuring into a fine art. In the typical network of companies, the meaning of words such as `related party' and `arm's length' transactions are fought over by legal brains. One such question — which corporate ... More

BANKING

Reforming IMF/World Bank — G-20's narrow but understandable agenda
By limiting the scope of reform to only the World Bank/IMF, the G-20 has skipped the examination of the International Monetary and Financial System. This is understandable, perhaps, because the group, representing systemically important countries, w ould be averse to agreeing to a reduction in its voting strength. However, it could have spent some energy on the issue of corporate governance of the two multilateral agencies to improve their credibility, says A. Vasudevan. More

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