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SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Parking problem
The other day, we were driving to a park in downtown Vancouver. Being a long weekend, the park was crowded as was the parking lot. It is not as if parking is free in the downtown area. On some days, the parking fees can be as high as $30 per day. ...
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TAX TALK
ESOPs in dollars are taxable in rupees
I work for Hewlett Packard, India. Over the years, I have been allotted employees stock options of the parent company in the US. At the time of allotment no money was payable by me but when the ESOPs are sold, I get the difference between the ...
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AUTO FOCUS
More glam in new Shine
The Shine had all the necessary performance attributes that identified it as a classic Honda bike, but it lacked a few cosmetic features and some of the upmarket looks. The new version has addressed these.
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BOOK VALUE
Between the numbers
GDSIL or Global Data Services of India Ltd has brought out `a complete analysis' of ten companies. The book, titled `Financial Analysis of Indian Companies: Selected Case Studies' (www.crisil.com), dissects numbers drawn from ...
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PORTFOLIO MOVES
ICICI Prudential Infrastructure — Fewer building blocks
ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund seeks to invest in sectors such as cement, power and construction as also in banks, which aid infrastructure building. With stocks in the construction space losing steam over the last quarter, the fund made ...
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F & O OUTLOOK
Nifty futures may move sideways
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YOUNG INVESTOR
Investments beyond tax savings — The good, better and best routes
I am 32 years old and invested fully in PF and PPF. I put Rs 5,000 a month into a savings account that pays only 4.5 per cent. I am not familiar with stocks and have limited knowledge of mutual funds, but I wonder if that Rs 5,000 ...
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The future of forward contracts
The Forward Contract (Regulation) Act, 1952 recognises three kinds of contracts — ready delivery, forward, and options in goods. Ready delivery contracts and options in goods (prohibited for the time being) have been discussed. A look at ...
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Investment Nuggets
"My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know..." (You may not be able to change the world but can at least get some ...
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Inside of insider trading
Insider-trading is a term often heard by those investing in the stock market. Though the term has a surreptitious ring to it and stock market regulators around the globe spend considerable time framing laws to combat this menace, it is not always ...
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