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Ordinary people get good ideas everyday
TELLING 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 shadow
YOU 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 end
ANAND 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
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Profits vs philanthropy?
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In Depth

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Looking back
Dec. 4-Dec. 10
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