![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, December 12, 2005 |
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COLUMNS READING ROOM
Ordinary people get good ideas everydayTELLING most people how to get an idea is like telling a first grader to find x when x+1 = 2x+4, says Jack Foster in How to Get Ideas. "An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements," is how James Webb ... More FOR THE ASKING An ode to standard deduction WHY has standard deduction been abolished? After all, increase in tax-exemption limit is not unique to the salaried class. Aruna Chattopadyaya, Durgapur I am inclined to agree with you. The rationale for allowing standard deduction was ... More MANAGE MENTOR
Even a puppy can cast an awesome shadowYOU run a small business. Such as "a bike shop, an auction company, an ice cream parlour, a sock manufacturer." How to win in thoroughly mundane businesses like these? "An entrepreneur must outsmart the multitudes of competitors, leap to the head ... More RACY CASES
Getting words across, down to the endANAND raised his left hand and with the right hand turned the loose watchstrap so that the dial faced him. He glanced down at the display: 6:15. He and his friends had agreed to meet at the coffee-house, and even fifteen minutes after the ... More STICKLISH ISSUES Proposal to interlink rivers Responses to Sticklish Issues dated Dec 5 More
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