COLUMNS
IMPRESSIONS
Humanising the workplace
An on-line executive search firm, showing a highly intemperate boss throwing tantrums at his subordinate, and the latter teasing his boss with a "H-for-Hitler" adjective, is one of the most powerful ...
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DETAXFICATION
Unsettling confusion in a settled confession
A longer tenure should be given to the Settlement Commission, say, till March 31, 2009, to complete all pending cases under the existing provisions. One can also argue that after this date the Commission could be wound up.
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SAY CHEEK
Corporate bums, noble paupers and mints
"The management challenge is to transform a corporate bum or a noble pauper or a corporate mint into a `great' company."
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REASSESSMENT
Banking channel can be bypassed after all
Section 40A(3) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 is one of those legal provisions that curiously contain their own seeds of destruction. So much so, in its more than three decades of existence, it has remained a butt of joke what with businessmen ...
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SENSOR
Capital goods stocks hold in weak markets
After forging a tentative recovery during the week, the markets closed Friday's trading session on a lacklustre note, with the BSE Sensex shedding 22 points, while the CNX Nifty declined 14 points over the previous close. Mid-cap stocks fared ...
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