The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 12, 2005

There is no one right answer — II
R. Sivakumar discusses the alternative answers to some of the questions in the November 2005 CA (Final) exam on cost management More

Too student-friendly
M. V. Kali Prasad analyses the November 2005 CA (PE-II) paper on accounts More

WATER

Proposal to interlink rivers
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EDUCATION

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

STOCK MARKETS

Baskets of X
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Bull's Eye
E-mail your response by Tuesday to BullsEye@thehindu.co.in

EVENTS

Number Crunch - 397
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Just Do It
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SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT

Profits vs philanthropy?
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INCOME TAX

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

BOOKS

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

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