The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 13, 2006

The taxman sings when the telephone rings
HARRY (because he disliked being called Hari) had one hand on the doorbell and the other held his sleek new cell-phone. He was having yet another conversation with yet another friend. His mother answered the doorbell and wondered rather aloud, ... More

Isn't investing in gold unproductive?
INDIANS I am told invest the largest amount in gold. Isn't it unproductive? Sitanshu Das, Cuttack Recently, the BBC aired a programme about Indians' craze for the yellow metal. It was observed therein that the collective per annum ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Sticklish issues
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ACCOUNTANCY

Laws relating to losses
R. Anand narrates the provisions on set off of losses and highlights areas for possible simplification More

Estimating the cost of processing claims
P.V. Ratnam suggests answers to the ICWA (Stage II) December 2005 paper on management accounting and performance management More

POLITICS

Business-a-Verse
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MANAGEMENT

`Intuitive and daring actions help'
MR `SUBBU' Subramaniam is an investment partner with Baring Private Equity Partners (India) Ltd. He is a chartered accountant, cost accountant, company secretary and an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad. Mr Subramaniam is on the board of MphasiS BFL, ... More

LIFE INSURANCE

LIC profits from capital market
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STOCK MARKETS

Baskets of X
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Bull's eye
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EVENTS

Just do it
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Number Crunch - 405
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BOOKS

Seven competency clusters of highly effective leaders
AFTER studying 2,500 senior managers over seven years, Michael Williams found that there are "seven key competency clusters that matter most today". These are: goal orientation, integrity, close engagement with others, `helicopter' perception, ... More

Be geared to the growth debate
ACCORDING to the NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research) our GDP (gross domestic product) growth has been 7.8 per cent this year, on the back of "benign inflation, bullish stock market, robust industrial and export performance and ... More