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COLUMNS YOUNG INVESTOR: Make your debut — now If you are young and want to make it big in the stock markets, the timing couldn’t be better to begin your equity sojourn. Entering the world of equities at a time when some of the ‘biggies’ in the investment community ... FD WATCH: TNPF scheme: An attractive debt option Even as 2008 turned out to be a sore year for equity investors, debt offered solace to a great extent, with attractive interest rates and yields. However, the falling interest rates in 2009 suggests that attractive debt options could be ... TAX TALK: Get rebate on certain medical expenses (Mail your queries to ... SIMPLE ECONOMICS: Self-justification The confession by Satyam’s CEO of an accounting fraud led to an intriguing reaction from one of my friends. He commented on how Mr Raju had the guts to confess and that other CEOs who engaged in similar fraud did not muster the courage ... BOOK VALUE: Don’t fall asleep at the ethical wheel A common human flaw is that for love, money, or other ‘good’ reasons, we often violate our ethics; recognising this failing in us is the beginning of our journey, say Ronald A. Howard and Clinton D. Korver in Ethics for ... YOUNG INVESTOR: When companies go bust, employees suffer the most Satyam Computer Services, a company that employs half-a-lakh people, is in deep crisis now, after it became evident that the company’s numbers were being falsified over the past several years. Employees are now keeping their ... MICROMOTIVES: SIP moderate fear; set-up equity tilts Credit defaults, bankruptcies and now corporate governance - or the lack of it - have all injected extreme fear into the market. Small wonder then that more investors are now inclined towards bond funds than ever before. Such an ... F & O OUTLOOK: Downtrend may continue for Nifty futures Despite a promising start in the New Year, the stock markets have now tumbled back, wiping away the entire gains of 2009, following the ‘Satyam ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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