The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 08, 2004

An ordinary mail that didn't reach a director
DINESH, a director in a company, gave in writing to the company that notice for any general meeting and the board of directors' meeting be sent to him at his address in India only by registered mail and for which he ... More

Pick the right issue
S. Kannan and V. S. Sowrirajan put together a few objective questions based on SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines More

TAXATION

Why `and' in P&L when profit and loss are mutually exclusive?
WHY is the financial statement called `profit and loss account' whereas the bottomline can be either profit or loss and not both? - Ramkumar, Madurai Your contention that the appellation `profit or loss' ... More

MANAGEMENT

Don't carry home to office, but why not the reverse?
STORY so far: To know more about why Chandru wants to quit the job, I visit his family. Casually, I float the idea of a family picnic, and am surprised to find the suggestion seized immediately. On invitation, ... More

BOOKS

Discern opportunities around, when others don't
TOM whitewashing the fence is an episode in a kids' book by Mark Twain. If you remember, Tom `sold' the job to his chums by marketing it as something very interesting to do. What a smart kid, one might remark, but ... More

We're all pilots on the spaceship called earth
AIR pollution kills three million people each year. There is a loss of 90,000 sq.km of forest sources every year. Of the nearly 10,000 species of birds, 70 per cent have been declining in number. These and more shocking ... More

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Interim Railway Budget - 2004-05

Pick a Winner Stock Market Contest

Don't carry home to office, but why not the reverse?

In Focus
CAS fiasco

Deluge of Public Offers

Pakistan Diary

LS Polls: Alliances/Splits (The Hindu Group)

In Depth
Insurance Corner

Simple Economics

Tax Talk

NRIs & Investment Avenues

Looking back
Feb. 29-Mar. 6
Costing through three processes

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