The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 25, 2007

INTERNET
Web designing
I am m a software engineer and engaged in the business of developing and designing Web sites for various companies. Does `Web designing' come under the service tax net? If yes, under which category of taxable service? Prakash R., ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Pepper seen gaining on tight supply
The tight supply position prevailing in the world pepper market and consequent firm prices in almost all the other origins appears to have prompted overseas buyers, mainly from the US, to move towards Indian pepper which turned competitive last ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
`Leaders should manage both efficiency, innovation'
As companies grow larger, they seem to find it more difficult to foster innovation. Examples are legion, especially in the IT sector where start-ups and smaller, nimble companies most often lead the way in innovation. Prof Vijay Govindarajan ... More

WORK LIFE
For bruised work environments
Contrary to common thinking, it is not power, wealth accumulation, and hierarchical control that make for success, say Susan and Thomas D. Kuczmarski in Apples are Square (More

OUTLOOK
Sun Micro launches server for Rs 75,000
Targets SMEs likely to adapt IT in a big way More

Weakened storm wagging tail over Konkan, Gujarat
Tropical Storm `03B' has weakened into a well-marked `low' on Sunday and hung over northeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Saurashtra and Kutch, leaving a trail of death and destruction along a west-northwest track in the peninsula. The India ... More

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